#B5BEBF#B5BEBF

#B5BEBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.010 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BEBF
RGB	rgb(181, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(186, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -2.91, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 3.31, 208.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0092 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.01 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8716, 50.4119, 56.5412)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BEBF #BFB6B5

analogous

#B5BFBB #B5BEBF #B5B9BF

triadic

#B5BEBF #BFB5BE #BEBFB5

tetradic

#B5BEBF #BBB5BF #BFB6B5 #B9BFB5

square

#B5BEBF #BBB5BF #BFB6B5 #B9BFB5

split-complementary

#B5BEBF #BFB5B9 #BFBBB5

monochromatic

#748486 #94A1A3 #B5BEBF #D6DBDB #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B5BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BEBF

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BEBF	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.010 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd1d2',
    500: '#b5bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bebf;
$custom-light: #cbd1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79477,
    "c": 0.0101,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BEBF

secondary

#928786

accent

#5A5491

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BEBF

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

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