#B2B4B8#B2B4B8

#B2B4B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B4B8
RGB	rgb(178, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(220, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, 0.06, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 2.28, 271.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0006 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3315, 45.5681, 51.8508)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B4B8 #B8B6B2

analogous

#B2B7B8 #B2B4B8 #B3B2B8

triadic

#B2B4B8 #B8B2B4 #B4B8B2

tetradic

#B2B4B8 #B8B2B7 #B8B6B2 #B2B8B3

square

#B2B4B8 #B8B2B7 #B8B6B2 #B2B8B3

split-complementary

#B2B4B8 #B8B3B2 #B7B8B2

monochromatic

#73767D #92959B #B2B4B8 #D2D3D5 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B2B4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#B2B4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B4B8

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B4B8	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cacd',
    500: '#b2b4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b4b8;
$custom-light: #c9cacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.0061,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B4B8

secondary

#E4E3E2

accent

#7C588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B4B8

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

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