#B5BFBB#B5BFBB

#B5BFBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.012 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFBB
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(156, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(156, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -4.21, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 4.28, 168.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0122 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.012 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6548, 50.6729, 54.3270)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFBB #BFB5B9

analogous

#B5BFB6 #B5BFBB #B5BEBF

triadic

#B5BFBB #BBB5BF #BFBBB5

tetradic

#B5BFBB #B6B5BF #BFB5B9 #BEBFB5

square

#B5BFBB #B6B5BF #BFB5B9 #BEBFB5

split-complementary

#B5BFBB #BFB5BE #BFB6B5

monochromatic

#74867F #94A39D #B5BFBB #D6DBD9 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B5BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B5BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFBB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFBB	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)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.012 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2cf',
    500: '#b5bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfbb;
$custom-light: #cbd2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79567,
    "c": 0.01237,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFBB

secondary

#92868B

accent

#546D91

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFBB

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

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