#B0B0BE#B0B0BE

#B0B0BE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0B0BE
RGB	rgb(176, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 2.72, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 7.62, 290.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0054 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7223, 43.9983, 54.9470)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0B0BE #BEBEB0

analogous

#B0B7BE #B0B0BE #B7B0BE

triadic

#B0B0BE #BEB0B0 #B0BEB0

tetradic

#B0B0BE #BEB0B7 #BEBEB0 #B0BEB7

square

#B0B0BE #BEB0B7 #BEBEB0 #B0BEB7

split-complementary

#B0B0BE #BEB7B0 #B7BEB0

monochromatic

#6E6E86 #8E8EA2 #B0B0BE #D2D2DA #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B0B0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B0B0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0B0BE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0B0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0B0BE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0b0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c7d1',
    500: '#b0b0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0b0be;
$custom-light: #c7c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0b0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76157,
    "c": 0.01982,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0B0BE

secondary

#E7E7E3

accent

#945294

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0B0BE

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

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