#B2B2B6#B2B2B6

#B2B2B6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.006 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B2B6
RGB	rgb(178, 178, 182)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 0.76, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 2.17, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0016 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.006 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7225, 44.6831, 50.6209)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B2B6 #B6B6B2

analogous

#B2B4B6 #B2B2B6 #B4B2B6

triadic

#B2B2B6 #B6B2B2 #B2B6B2

tetradic

#B2B2B6 #B6B2B4 #B6B6B2 #B2B6B4

square

#B2B2B6 #B6B2B4 #B6B6B2 #B2B6B4

split-complementary

#B2B2B6 #B6B4B2 #B4B6B2

monochromatic

#74747A #939398 #B2B2B6 #D1D1D4 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B2B2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B2B2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B2B6

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B2B6	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 178, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.006 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c9cb',
    500: '#b2b2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b2b6;
$custom-light: #c9c9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.00564,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B2B6

secondary

#E2E2E1

accent

#8C598C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B2B6

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

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