#B2BCBC#B2BCBC

#B2BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.011 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCBC
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -3.45, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 3.65, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0106 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.011 197)
XYZ	xyz(45.4186, 49.0618, 54.6443)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCBC #BCB2B2

analogous

#B2BCB7 #B2BCBC #B2B7BC

triadic

#B2BCBC #BCB2BC #BCBCB2

tetradic

#B2BCBC #B7B2BC #BCB2B2 #B7BCB2

square

#B2BCBC #B7B2BC #BCB2B2 #B7BCB2

split-complementary

#B2BCBC #BCB2B7 #BCB7B2

monochromatic

#718282 #91A0A0 #B2BCBC #D3D8D8 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B2BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B2BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCBC

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCBC	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.011 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d0',
    500: '#b2bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcbc;
$custom-light: #c9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7874,
    "c": 0.01111,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.49062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCBC

secondary

#E6E4E4

accent

#555591

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCBC

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

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