#B1BCBA#B1BCBA

#B1BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.013 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BCBA
RGB	rgb(177, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(169, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -4.18, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 4.19, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0125 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.013 184)
XYZ	xyz(44.9758, 48.8583, 53.5059)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BCBA #BCB1B3

analogous

#B1BCB5 #B1BCBA #B1B9BC

triadic

#B1BCBA #BAB1BC #BCBAB1

tetradic

#B1BCBA #B5B1BC #BCB1B3 #B9BCB1

square

#B1BCBA #B5B1BC #BCB1B3 #B9BCB1

split-complementary

#B1BCBA #BCB1B9 #BCB5B1

monochromatic

#70837F #90A09D #B1BCBA #D2D8D7 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B1BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B1BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BCBA

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BCBA	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.013 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d0ce',
    500: '#b1bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bcba;
$custom-light: #c8d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.01251,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.48859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BCBA

secondary

#E6E3E4

accent

#545F92

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BCBA

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

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