#B2BDBD#B2BDBD

#B2BDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.012 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDBD
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -3.79, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 4.01, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0117 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.012 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7411, 49.5338, 55.2854)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDBD #BDB2B2

analogous

#B2BDB8 #B2BDBD #B2B8BD

triadic

#B2BDBD #BDB2BD #BDBDB2

tetradic

#B2BDBD #B8B2BD #BDB2B2 #B8BDB2

square

#B2BDBD #B8B2BD #BDB2B2 #B8BDB2

split-complementary

#B2BDBD #BDB2B8 #BDB8B2

monochromatic

#718484 #91A1A1 #B2BDBD #D3D9D9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B2BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B2BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDBD

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDBD	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.012 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d0',
    500: '#b2bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdbd;
$custom-light: #c9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78979,
    "c": 0.0122,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDBD

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#545492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDBD

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

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