#B2BDBC#B2BDBC

#B2BDBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.012 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDBC
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(175, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -3.98, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 4.06, 191.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0121 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.012 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6329, 49.4906, 54.7157)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDBC #BDB2B3

analogous

#B2BDB7 #B2BDBC #B2B9BD

triadic

#B2BDBC #BCB2BD #BDBCB2

tetradic

#B2BDBC #B7B2BD #BDB2B3 #B9BDB2

square

#B2BDBC #B7B2BD #BDB2B3 #B9BDB2

split-complementary

#B2BDBC #BDB2B9 #BDB7B2

monochromatic

#718482 #91A19F #B2BDBC #D3D9D9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B2BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#B2BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDBC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDBC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.012 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d0',
    500: '#b2bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdbc;
$custom-light: #c9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78949,
    "c": 0.01227,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDBC

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#545992

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDBC

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

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