#B2BAB4#B2BAB4

#B2BAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.012 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAB4
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(135, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -3.91, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 4.42, 152.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0109 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.012 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1557, 47.8778, 50.0862)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAB4 #BAB2B8

analogous

#B4BAB2 #B2BAB4 #B2BAB8

triadic

#B2BAB4 #B4B2BA #BAB4B2

tetradic

#B2BAB4 #B2B4BA #BAB2B8 #BAB8B2

square

#B2BAB4 #B2B4BA #BAB2B8 #BAB8B2

split-complementary

#B2BAB4 #B8B2BA #BAB2B4

monochromatic

#727F75 #929D95 #B2BAB4 #D2D7D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B2BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#B2BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAB4

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAB4	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.012 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ceca',
    500: '#b2bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bab4;
$custom-light: #c9ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78086,
    "c": 0.01221,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAB4

secondary

#E5E3E4

accent

#56818F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAB4

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

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