#B4B8BA#B4B8BA

#B4B8BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.005 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8BA
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(200, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -1.01, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 1.81, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0035 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.005 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8242, 47.5293, 53.2574)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8BA #BAB6B4

analogous

#B4BAB9 #B4B8BA #B4B5BA

triadic

#B4B8BA #BAB4B8 #B8BAB4

tetradic

#B4B8BA #B9B4BA #BAB6B4 #B5BAB4

square

#B4B8BA #B9B4BA #BAB6B4 #B5BAB4

split-complementary

#B4B8BA #BAB4B5 #BAB9B4

monochromatic

#757B7F #949A9D #B4B8BA #D4D6D7 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B4B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#B4B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8BA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8BA	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.005 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacdce',
    500: '#b4b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8ba;
$custom-light: #cacdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78001,
    "c": 0.00532,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8BA

secondary

#E6E5E4

accent

#6A578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8BA

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

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