#B2B8B0#B2B8B0

#B2B8B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8B0
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 176)
HSL	hsl(105, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(105, 4%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -3.59, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 4.89, 137.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0096 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3357, 46.8804, 47.8317)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8B0 #B6B0B8

analogous

#B6B8B0 #B2B8B0 #B0B8B2

triadic

#B2B8B0 #B0B2B8 #B8B0B2

tetradic

#B2B8B0 #B0B6B8 #B6B0B8 #B8B2B0

square

#B2B8B0 #B0B6B8 #B6B0B8 #B8B2B0

split-complementary

#B2B8B0 #B2B0B8 #B8B0B6

monochromatic

#747D70 #939B90 #B2B8B0 #D1D5D0 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B2B8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B2B8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8B0

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8B0	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdc7',
    500: '#b2b8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8b0;
$custom-light: #c9cdc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 5.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77551,
    "c": 0.01301,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8B0

secondary

#E2E1E3

accent

#568F81

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8B0

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

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