#B2BAB8#B2BAB8

#B2BAB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAB8
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(165, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -3.15, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 3.15, 179.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0093 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5691, 48.0432, 52.2633)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAB8 #BAB2B4

analogous

#B2BAB4 #B2BAB8 #B2B8BA

triadic

#B2BAB8 #B8B2BA #BAB8B2

tetradic

#B2BAB8 #B4B2BA #BAB2B4 #B8BAB2

square

#B2BAB8 #B4B2BA #BAB2B4 #B8BAB2

split-complementary

#B2BAB8 #BAB2B8 #BAB4B2

monochromatic

#727F7C #929D9A #B2BAB8 #D2D7D6 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B2BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#B2BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAB8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAB8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cecd',
    500: '#b2bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bab8;
$custom-light: #c9cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.00933,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAB8

secondary

#E5E3E3

accent

#56648F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAB8

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

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