#B2B2B8#B2B2B8

#B2B2B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.008 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B2B8
RGB	rgb(178, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 1.14, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 3.26, 290.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0024 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.008 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9307, 44.7664, 51.7172)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B2B8 #B8B8B2

analogous

#B2B5B8 #B2B2B8 #B5B2B8

triadic

#B2B2B8 #B8B2B2 #B2B8B2

tetradic

#B2B2B8 #B8B2B5 #B8B8B2 #B2B8B5

square

#B2B2B8 #B8B2B5 #B8B8B2 #B2B8B5

split-complementary

#B2B2B8 #B8B5B2 #B5B8B2

monochromatic

#73737D #92929B #B2B2B8 #D2D2D5 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B2B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B2B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B2B8

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B2B8	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.008 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c9cd',
    500: '#b2b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b2b8;
$custom-light: #c9c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.00846,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B2B8

secondary

#E4E4E2

accent

#8E588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B2B8

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

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