#B2BCB3#B2BCB3

#B2BCB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.017 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCB3
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(126, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(126, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -5.16, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 6.15, 146.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0142 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.017 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4785, 48.6858, 49.6931)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCB3 #BCB2BB

analogous

#B6BCB2 #B2BCB3 #B2BCB8

triadic

#B2BCB3 #B3B2BC #BCB3B2

tetradic

#B2BCB3 #B2B6BC #BCB2BB #BCB8B2

square

#B2BCB3 #B2B6BC #BCB2BB #BCB8B2

split-complementary

#B2BCB3 #B8B2BC #BCB2B6

monochromatic

#718273 #91A093 #B2BCB3 #D3D8D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B2BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCB3

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCB3	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.017 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0c9',
    500: '#b2bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcb3;
$custom-light: #c9d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78478,
    "c": 0.01673,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCB3

secondary

#E6E4E6

accent

#558B91

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCB3

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

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