#B2BBB6#B2BBB6

#B2BBB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.012 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BBB6
RGB	rgb(178, 187, 182)
HSL	hsl(147, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(147, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -4.07, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 4.31, 160.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0116 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.012 162)
XYZ	xyz(44.5723, 48.3827, 51.2375)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BBB6 #BBB2B7

analogous

#B3BBB2 #B2BBB6 #B2BBBB

triadic

#B2BBB6 #B6B2BB #BBB6B2

tetradic

#B2BBB6 #B2B3BB #BBB2B7 #BBBBB2

square

#B2BBB6 #B2B3BB #BBB2B7 #BBBBB2

split-complementary

#B2BBB6 #BBB2BB #BBB2B3

monochromatic

#728178 #929E97 #B2BBB6 #D3D8D5 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B2BBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B2BBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BBB6

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BBB6	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 187, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.012 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfcb',
    500: '#b2bbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bbb6;
$custom-light: #c9cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.667,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78353,
    "c": 0.01218,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.48383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BBB6

secondary

#E6E3E5

accent

#557690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BBB6

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

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