#B5BFBE#B5BFBE

#B5BFBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.011 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFBE
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(174, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -3.63, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 3.70, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.011 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.011 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9793, 50.8027, 56.0361)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFBE #BFB5B6

analogous

#B5BFB9 #B5BFBE #B5BBBF

triadic

#B5BFBE #BEB5BF #BFBEB5

tetradic

#B5BFBE #B9B5BF #BFB5B6 #BBBFB5

square

#B5BFBE #B9B5BF #BFB5B6 #BBBFB5

split-complementary

#B5BFBE #BFB5BB #BFB9B5

monochromatic

#748684 #94A3A1 #B5BFBE #D6DBDB #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B5BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFBE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFBE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.011 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2d1',
    500: '#b5bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfbe;
$custom-light: #cbd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79656,
    "c": 0.01116,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFBE

secondary

#928687

accent

#545A91

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFBE

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

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