#B2BCB8#B2BCB8

#B2BCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.012 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCB8
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(156, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(156, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -4.22, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 4.30, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0122 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.012 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9934, 48.8918, 52.4047)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCB8 #BCB2B6

analogous

#B2BCB3 #B2BCB8 #B2BBBC

triadic

#B2BCB8 #B8B2BC #BCB8B2

tetradic

#B2BCB8 #B3B2BC #BCB2B6 #BBBCB2

square

#B2BCB8 #B3B2BC #BCB2B6 #BBBCB2

split-complementary

#B2BCB8 #BCB2BB #BCB3B2

monochromatic

#71827B #91A09A #B2BCB8 #D3D8D6 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B2BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B2BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCB8

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCB8	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.012 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0cd',
    500: '#b2bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcb8;
$custom-light: #c9d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78622,
    "c": 0.0124,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCB8

secondary

#E6E4E5

accent

#556D91

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCB8

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

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