#B2BDB2#B2BDB2

#B2BDB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.020 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDB2
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(120, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -5.87, 4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 7.24, 144.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0161 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.02 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5921, 49.0742, 49.2339)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDB2 #BDB2BD

analogous

#B8BDB2 #B2BDB2 #B2BDB8

triadic

#B2BDB2 #B2B2BD #BDB2B2

tetradic

#B2BDB2 #B2B8BD #BDB2BD #BDB8B2

square

#B2BDB2 #B2B8BD #BDB2BD #BDB8B2

split-complementary

#B2BDB2 #B8B2BD #BDB2B8

monochromatic

#718471 #91A191 #B2BDB2 #D3D9D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B2BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B2BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDB2

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDB2	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)

#BEBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.020 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0c9',
    500: '#b2bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdb2;
$custom-light: #c9d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.01956,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDB2

secondary

#E7E4E7

accent

#549292

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDB2

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

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