#B2B8B4#B2B8B4

#B2B8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8B4
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(140, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(140, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -2.84, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 3.13, 155.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.008 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(43.7373, 47.0411, 49.9468)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8B4 #B8B2B6

analogous

#B3B8B2 #B2B8B4 #B2B8B7

triadic

#B2B8B4 #B4B2B8 #B8B4B2

tetradic

#B2B8B4 #B2B3B8 #B8B2B6 #B8B7B2

square

#B2B8B4 #B2B3B8 #B8B2B6 #B8B7B2

split-complementary

#B2B8B4 #B7B2B8 #B8B2B3

monochromatic

#737D76 #929B95 #B2B8B4 #D2D5D3 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B2B8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B2B8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8B4

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8B4	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdca',
    500: '#b2b8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8b4;
$custom-light: #c9cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77666,
    "c": 0.00871,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.47041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8B4

secondary

#E4E2E3

accent

#587C8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8B4

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

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