#B2BAB0#B2BAB0

#B2BAB0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.017 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAB0
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(108, 7%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(108, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -4.65, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 6.20, 138.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0126 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.017 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7541, 47.7172, 47.9711)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAB0 #B8B0BA

analogous

#B7BAB0 #B2BAB0 #B0BAB3

triadic

#B2BAB0 #B0B2BA #BAB0B2

tetradic

#B2BAB0 #B0B7BA #B8B0BA #BAB3B0

square

#B2BAB0 #B0B7BA #B8B0BA #BAB3B0

split-complementary

#B2BAB0 #B3B0BA #BAB0B7

monochromatic

#738070 #929D8F #B2BAB0 #D2D7D1 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B2BAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B2BAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAB0

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAB0	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.017 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cec7',
    500: '#b2bab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bab0;
$custom-light: #c9cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 6.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77972,
    "c": 0.01653,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAB0

secondary

#E4E2E4

accent

#559185

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAB0

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

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