#B5BEBD#B5BEBD

#B5BEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.010 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEBD
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(173, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -3.29, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 3.34, 189.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0099 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.01 189)
XYZ	xyz(46.6530, 50.3244, 55.3900)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEBD #BEB5B6

analogous

#B5BEB8 #B5BEBD #B5BABE

triadic

#B5BEBD #BDB5BE #BEBDB5

tetradic

#B5BEBD #B8B5BE #BEB5B6 #BABEB5

square

#B5BEBD #B8B5BE #BEB5B6 #BABEB5

split-complementary

#B5BEBD #BEB5BA #BEB8B5

monochromatic

#748483 #94A1A0 #B5BEBD #D6DBDA #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B5BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEBD

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEBD	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.010 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1d0',
    500: '#b5bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bebd;
$custom-light: #cbd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.01007,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.50325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEBD

secondary

#918688

accent

#555C90

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEBD

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

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