#B2BCB6#B2BCB6

#B2BCB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.014 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCB6
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(144, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(144, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -4.60, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 4.95, 158.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.013 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.014 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7852, 48.8085, 51.3084)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCB6 #BCB2B8

analogous

#B3BCB2 #B2BCB6 #B2BCBB

triadic

#B2BCB6 #B6B2BC #BCB6B2

tetradic

#B2BCB6 #B2B3BC #BCB2B8 #BCBBB2

square

#B2BCB6 #B2B3BC #BCB2B8 #BCBBB2

split-complementary

#B2BCB6 #BBB2BC #BCB2B3

monochromatic

#718278 #91A097 #B2BCB6 #D3D8D5 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B2BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B2BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCB6

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCB6	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.014 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0cb',
    500: '#b2bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcb6;
$custom-light: #c9d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78563,
    "c": 0.01388,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCB6

secondary

#E6E4E5

accent

#557991

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCB6

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

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