#B2BBB8#B2BBB8

#B2BBB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.011 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BBB8
RGB	rgb(178, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(160, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(160, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -3.69, 0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 3.71, 173.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0108 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.011 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7805, 48.4660, 52.3338)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BBB8 #BBB2B5

analogous

#B2BBB4 #B2BBB8 #B2BABB

triadic

#B2BBB8 #B8B2BB #BBB8B2

tetradic

#B2BBB8 #B4B2BB #BBB2B5 #BABBB2

square

#B2BBB8 #B4B2BB #BBB2B5 #BABBB2

split-complementary

#B2BBB8 #BBB2BA #BBB4B2

monochromatic

#72817C #929E9A #B2BBB8 #D3D8D6 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2BBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B2BBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BBB8

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BBB8	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.011 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfcd',
    500: '#b2bbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bbb8;
$custom-light: #c9cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78412,
    "c": 0.01084,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BBB8

secondary

#E6E3E4

accent

#556990

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BBB8

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

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