#B2BCBB#B2BCBB

#B2BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.011 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCBB
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(174, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -3.64, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 3.71, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.011 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.011 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3112, 49.0189, 54.0785)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCBB #BCB2B3

analogous

#B2BCB6 #B2BCBB #B2B8BC

triadic

#B2BCBB #BBB2BC #BCBBB2

tetradic

#B2BCBB #B6B2BC #BCB2B3 #B8BCB2

square

#B2BCBB #B6B2BC #BCB2B3 #B8BCB2

split-complementary

#B2BCBB #BCB2B8 #BCB6B2

monochromatic

#718281 #91A09E #B2BCBB #D3D8D8 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B2BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B2BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCBB

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCBB	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.011 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0cf',
    500: '#b2bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcbb;
$custom-light: #c9d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7871,
    "c": 0.01119,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCBB

secondary

#E6E4E4

accent

#555B91

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCBB

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

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