#B5BFBA#B5BFBA

#B5BFBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.013 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFBA
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(150, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(150, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -4.39, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 4.59, 163.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0126 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.013 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5481, 50.6302, 53.7651)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFBA #BFB5BA

analogous

#B5BFB5 #B5BFBA #B5BFBF

triadic

#B5BFBA #BAB5BF #BFBAB5

tetradic

#B5BFBA #B5B5BF #BFB5BA #BFBFB5

square

#B5BFBA #B5B5BF #BFB5BA #BFBFB5

split-complementary

#B5BFBA #BFB5BF #BFB5B5

monochromatic

#74867D #94A39B #B5BFBA #D6DBD9 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B5BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFBA

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFBA	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.013 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2ce',
    500: '#b5bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfba;
$custom-light: #cbd2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79538,
    "c": 0.01305,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFBA

secondary

#92868C

accent

#547391

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFBA

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

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