#B1BCBD#B1BCBD

#B1BCBD is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.012 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BCBD
RGB	rgb(177, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(185, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -3.60, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 4.03, 206.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0113 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.012 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2981, 48.9872, 55.2032)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BCBD #BDB2B1

analogous

#B1BDB8 #B1BCBD #B1B6BD

triadic

#B1BCBD #BDB1BC #BCBDB1

tetradic

#B1BCBD #B8B1BD #BDB2B1 #B6BDB1

square

#B1BCBD #B8B1BD #BDB2B1 #B6BDB1

split-complementary

#B1BCBD #BDB1B6 #BDB8B1

monochromatic

#708284 #90A0A1 #B1BCBD #D2D8D9 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B1BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B1BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BCBD

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BCBD	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.012 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d0d0',
    500: '#b1bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bcbd;
$custom-light: #c8d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78694,
    "c": 0.0123,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BCBD

secondary

#E6E4E3

accent

#585392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BCBD

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

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