#B2BCBD#B2BCBD

#B2BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.011 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCBD
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(185, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -3.26, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 3.67, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0102 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.011 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5268, 49.1051, 55.2140)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCBD #BDB3B2

analogous

#B2BDB9 #B2BCBD #B2B7BD

triadic

#B2BCBD #BDB2BC #BCBDB2

tetradic

#B2BCBD #B9B2BD #BDB3B2 #B7BDB2

square

#B2BCBD #B9B2BD #BDB3B2 #B7BDB2

split-complementary

#B2BCBD #BDB2B7 #BDB9B2

monochromatic

#718284 #919FA1 #B2BCBD #D3D9D9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B2BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B2BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCBD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCBD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.011 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d0',
    500: '#b2bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcbd;
$custom-light: #c9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7877,
    "c": 0.01122,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCBD

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#595492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCBD

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

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