#B5BFBD#B5BFBD

#B5BFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.011 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFBD
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(168, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -3.82, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 3.83, 182.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0114 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.011 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8703, 50.7591, 55.4624)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFBD #BFB5B7

analogous

#B5BFB8 #B5BFBD #B5BCBF

triadic

#B5BFBD #BDB5BF #BFBDB5

tetradic

#B5BFBD #B8B5BF #BFB5B7 #BCBFB5

square

#B5BFBD #B8B5BF #BFB5B7 #BCBFB5

split-complementary

#B5BFBD #BFB5BC #BFB8B5

monochromatic

#748682 #94A3A0 #B5BFBD #D6DBDA #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B5BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFBD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFBD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.011 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2d0',
    500: '#b5bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfbd;
$custom-light: #cbd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79626,
    "c": 0.0114,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFBD

secondary

#928689

accent

#546091

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFBD

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

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