#B2B8BC#B2B8BC

#B2B8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8BC
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -1.31, -2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 3.05, 244.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0048 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5759, 47.3765, 54.3634)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8BC #BCB6B2

analogous

#B2BCBB #B2B8BC #B2B3BC

triadic

#B2B8BC #BCB2B8 #B8BCB2

tetradic

#B2B8BC #BBB2BC #BCB6B2 #B3BCB2

square

#B2B8BC #BBB2BC #BCB6B2 #B3BCB2

split-complementary

#B2B8BC #BCB2B3 #BCBBB2

monochromatic

#717B82 #919AA0 #B2B8BC #D3D6D8 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B2B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B2B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8BC

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8BC	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdd0',
    500: '#b2b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8bc;
$custom-light: #c9cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77906,
    "c": 0.00881,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8BC

secondary

#E6E5E4

accent

#6D5591

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8BC

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

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