#B5BFBF#B5BFBF

#B5BFBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.011 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BFBF
RGB	rgb(181, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -3.44, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 3.64, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0106 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.011 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0889, 50.8465, 56.6136)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BFBF #BFB5B5

analogous

#B5BFBA #B5BFBF #B5BABF

triadic

#B5BFBF #BFB5BF #BFBFB5

tetradic

#B5BFBF #BAB5BF #BFB5B5 #BABFB5

square

#B5BFBF #BAB5BF #BFB5B5 #BABFB5

split-complementary

#B5BFBF #BFB5BA #BFBAB5

monochromatic

#748686 #94A3A3 #B5BFBF #D6DBDB #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B5BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B5BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BFBF

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BFBF	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.011 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd2d2',
    500: '#b5bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bfbf;
$custom-light: #cbd2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79685,
    "c": 0.01108,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BFBF

secondary

#928686

accent

#545491

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BFBF

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

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