#B2BCB4#B2BCB4

#B2BCB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.016 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCB4
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(132, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(132, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -4.97, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 5.73, 150.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0138 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.016 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5800, 48.7264, 50.2277)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCB4 #BCB2BA

analogous

#B5BCB2 #B2BCB4 #B2BCB9

triadic

#B2BCB4 #B4B2BC #BCB4B2

tetradic

#B2BCB4 #B2B5BC #BCB2BA #BCB9B2

square

#B2BCB4 #B2B5BC #BCB2BA #BCB9B2

split-complementary

#B2BCB4 #B9B2BC #BCB2B5

monochromatic

#718275 #91A094 #B2BCB4 #D3D8D4 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B2BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B2BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCB4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCB4	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.016 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0ca',
    500: '#b2bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcb4;
$custom-light: #c9d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78506,
    "c": 0.01572,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCB4

secondary

#E6E4E6

accent

#558591

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCB4

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

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