#B1BCBC#B1BCBC

#B1BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.012 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BCBC
RGB	rgb(177, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -3.79, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 4.01, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0117 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.012 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1899, 48.9439, 54.6335)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BCBC #BCB1B1

analogous

#B1BCB7 #B1BCBC #B1B7BC

triadic

#B1BCBC #BCB1BC #BCBCB1

tetradic

#B1BCBC #B7B1BC #BCB1B1 #B7BCB1

square

#B1BCBC #B7B1BC #BCB1B1 #B7BCB1

split-complementary

#B1BCBC #BCB1B7 #BCB7B1

monochromatic

#708383 #90A0A0 #B1BCBC #D2D8D8 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B1BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#B1BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BCBC

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BCBC	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.012 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d0d0',
    500: '#b1bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bcbc;
$custom-light: #c8d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78664,
    "c": 0.01221,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BCBC

secondary

#E6E3E3

accent

#545492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BCBC

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

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