#B1BCBE#B1BCBE

#B1BCBE is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.013 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BCBE
RGB	rgb(177, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(189, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -3.40, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 4.12, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0109 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.013 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4070, 49.0308, 55.7769)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BCBE #BEB3B1

analogous

#B1BEBA #B1BCBE #B1B6BE

triadic

#B1BCBE #BEB1BC #BCBEB1

tetradic

#B1BCBE #BAB1BE #BEB3B1 #B6BEB1

square

#B1BCBE #BAB1BE #BEB3B1 #B6BEB1

split-complementary

#B1BCBE #BEB1B6 #BEBAB1

monochromatic

#6F8285 #909FA2 #B1BCBE #D2D9DA #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B1BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B1BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BCBE

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BCBE	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.013 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d0d1',
    500: '#b1bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bcbe;
$custom-light: #c8d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.01255,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BCBE

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#5C5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BCBE

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

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