#B2BDBA#B2BDBA

#B2BDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.013 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDBA
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(164, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(164, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -4.37, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 4.37, 177.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0129 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.013 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4188, 49.4049, 53.5881)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDBA #BDB2B5

analogous

#B2BDB5 #B2BDBA #B2BBBD

triadic

#B2BDBA #BAB2BD #BDBAB2

tetradic

#B2BDBA #B5B2BD #BDB2B5 #BBBDB2

square

#B2BDBA #B5B2BD #BDB2B5 #BBBDB2

split-complementary

#B2BDBA #BDB2BB #BDB5B2

monochromatic

#71847F #91A19C #B2BDBA #D3D9D8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B2BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B2BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDBA

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDBA	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.013 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0ce',
    500: '#b2bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdba;
$custom-light: #c9d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7889,
    "c": 0.01288,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDBA

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#546592

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDBA

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

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