#B2B8AE#B2B8AE

#B2B8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.015 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8AE
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(96, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(96, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -3.95, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 5.87, 132.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0104 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.015 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1393, 46.8018, 46.7972)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8AE #B4AEB8

analogous

#B7B8AE #B2B8AE #AEB8AF

triadic

#B2B8AE #AEB2B8 #B8AEB2

tetradic

#B2B8AE #AEB7B8 #B4AEB8 #B8AFAE

square

#B2B8AE #AEB7B8 #B4AEB8 #B8AFAE

split-complementary

#B2B8AE #AFAEB8 #B8AEB7

monochromatic

#747E6E #939B8D #B2B8AE #D1D5CF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B2B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B2B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8AE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8AE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.015 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdc6',
    500: '#b2b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8ae;
$custom-light: #c9cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77495,
    "c": 0.01546,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8AE

secondary

#E1E0E2

accent

#559079

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8AE

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

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