#B5BEBE#B5BEBE

#B5BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.010 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEBE
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -3.10, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 3.28, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0096 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.01 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7619, 50.3680, 55.9636)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEBE #BEB5B5

analogous

#B5BEB9 #B5BEBE #B5B9BE

triadic

#B5BEBE #BEB5BE #BEBEB5

tetradic

#B5BEBE #B9B5BE #BEB5B5 #B9BEB5

square

#B5BEBE #B9B5BE #BEB5B5 #B9BEB5

split-complementary

#B5BEBE #BEB5B9 #BEB9B5

monochromatic

#748484 #94A1A1 #B5BEBE #D6DBDB #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B5BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B5BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEBE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEBE	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)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.010 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1d1',
    500: '#b5bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bebe;
$custom-light: #cbd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79447,
    "c": 0.00999,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEBE

secondary

#918686

accent

#555590

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEBE

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

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