#B2B8B2#B2B8B2

#B2B8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8B2
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -3.22, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 3.96, 144.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0088 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5351, 46.9602, 48.8815)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8B2 #B8B2B8

analogous

#B5B8B2 #B2B8B2 #B2B8B5

triadic

#B2B8B2 #B2B2B8 #B8B2B2

tetradic

#B2B8B2 #B2B5B8 #B8B2B8 #B8B5B2

square

#B2B8B2 #B2B5B8 #B8B2B8 #B8B5B2

split-complementary

#B2B8B2 #B5B2B8 #B8B2B5

monochromatic

#737D73 #929B92 #B2B8B2 #D2D5D2 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B2B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B2B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8B2

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8B2	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdc9',
    500: '#b2b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8b2;
$custom-light: #c9cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77609,
    "c": 0.01072,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8B2

secondary

#E4E2E4

accent

#588E8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8B2

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

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