#B5BEBC#B5BEBC

#B5BEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.010 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEBC
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(167, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(167, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -3.49, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 3.49, 181.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0103 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.01 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5448, 50.2812, 54.8203)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEBC #BEB5B7

analogous

#B5BEB7 #B5BEBC #B5BBBE

triadic

#B5BEBC #BCB5BE #BEBCB5

tetradic

#B5BEBC #B7B5BE #BEB5B7 #BBBEB5

square

#B5BEBC #B7B5BE #BEB5B7 #BBBEB5

split-complementary

#B5BEBC #BEB5BB #BEB7B5

monochromatic

#748481 #94A19F #B5BEBC #D6DBD9 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B5BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEBC

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEBC	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.010 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1d0',
    500: '#b5bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bebc;
$custom-light: #cbd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79388,
    "c": 0.01035,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEBC

secondary

#918689

accent

#556290

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEBC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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