#B5BFBC#B5BFBC

#B5BFBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.012 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFBC
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(162, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(162, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -4.02, 0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 4.03, 175.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0118 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.012 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7622, 50.7158, 54.8927)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFBC #BFB5B8

analogous

#B5BFB7 #B5BFBC #B5BDBF

triadic

#B5BFBC #BCB5BF #BFBCB5

tetradic

#B5BFBC #B7B5BF #BFB5B8 #BDBFB5

square

#B5BFBC #B7B5BF #BFB5B8 #BDBFB5

split-complementary

#B5BFBC #BFB5BD #BFB7B5

monochromatic

#748680 #94A39E #B5BFBC #D6DBDA #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B5BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFBC

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFBC	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.012 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2d0',
    500: '#b5bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfbc;
$custom-light: #cbd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79596,
    "c": 0.01182,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFBC

secondary

#92868A

accent

#546791

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFBC

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

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