#B2BABC#B2BABC

#B2BABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.009 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BABC
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(192, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -2.38, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 3.10, 219.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0077 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.009 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9943, 48.2133, 54.5028)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BABC #BCB4B2

analogous

#B2BCB9 #B2BABC #B2B5BC

triadic

#B2BABC #BCB2BA #BABCB2

tetradic

#B2BABC #B9B2BC #BCB4B2 #B5BCB2

square

#B2BABC #B9B2BC #BCB4B2 #B5BCB2

split-complementary

#B2BABC #BCB2B5 #BCB9B2

monochromatic

#717F82 #919DA0 #B2BABC #D3D7D8 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B2BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#B2BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BABC

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BABC	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.009 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced0',
    500: '#b2babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2babc;
$custom-light: #c9ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78322,
    "c": 0.00939,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BABC

secondary

#E6E4E4

accent

#615591

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BABC

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

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