#B2BBB9#B2BBB9

#B2BBB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.010 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BBB9
RGB	rgb(178, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(167, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(167, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -3.50, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 3.50, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0104 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.01 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8857, 48.5081, 52.8878)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BBB9 #BBB2B4

analogous

#B2BBB5 #B2BBB9 #B2B9BB

triadic

#B2BBB9 #B9B2BB #BBB9B2

tetradic

#B2BBB9 #B5B2BB #BBB2B4 #B9BBB2

square

#B2BBB9 #B5B2BB #BBB2B4 #B9BBB2

split-complementary

#B2BBB9 #BBB2B9 #BBB5B2

monochromatic

#72817D #929E9B #B2BBB9 #D3D8D7 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2BBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B2BBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BBB9

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BBB9	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.010 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfce',
    500: '#b2bbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bbb9;
$custom-light: #c9cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78441,
    "c": 0.01038,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BBB9

secondary

#E6E3E4

accent

#556290

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BBB9

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

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