#B2BCBA#B2BCBA

#B2BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.011 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCBA
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(168, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -3.84, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 3.84, 182.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0114 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.011 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2045, 48.9762, 53.5167)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCBA #BCB2B4

analogous

#B2BCB5 #B2BCBA #B2B9BC

triadic

#B2BCBA #BAB2BC #BCBAB2

tetradic

#B2BCBA #B5B2BC #BCB2B4 #B9BCB2

square

#B2BCBA #B5B2BC #BCB2B4 #B9BCB2

split-complementary

#B2BCBA #BCB2B9 #BCB5B2

monochromatic

#71827F #91A09D #B2BCBA #D3D8D7 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B2BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B2BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCBA

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCBA	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.011 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0ce',
    500: '#b2bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcba;
$custom-light: #c9d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7868,
    "c": 0.01144,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCBA

secondary

#E6E4E4

accent

#556191

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCBA

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

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