#B2BCB2#B2BCB2

#B2BCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.018 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCB2
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -5.34, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 6.59, 144.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0146 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.018 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3777, 48.6455, 49.1624)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCB2 #BCB2BC

analogous

#B7BCB2 #B2BCB2 #B2BCB7

triadic

#B2BCB2 #B2B2BC #BCB2B2

tetradic

#B2BCB2 #B2B7BC #BCB2BC #BCB7B2

square

#B2BCB2 #B2B7BC #BCB2BC #BCB7B2

split-complementary

#B2BCB2 #B7B2BC #BCB2B7

monochromatic

#718271 #91A091 #B2BCB2 #D3D8D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B2BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCB2

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCB2	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.018 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0c9',
    500: '#b2bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcb2;
$custom-light: #c9d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.01779,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCB2

secondary

#E6E4E6

accent

#559191

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCB2

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

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