#B4B8BC#B4B8BC

#B4B8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.007 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8BC
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(210, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(210, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -0.63, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 2.59, 255.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0027 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.007 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0383, 47.6149, 54.3850)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8BC #BCB8B4

analogous

#B4BCBC #B4B8BC #B4B4BC

triadic

#B4B8BC #BCB4B8 #B8BCB4

tetradic

#B4B8BC #BCB4BC #BCB8B4 #B4BCB4

square

#B4B8BC #BCB4BC #BCB8B4 #B4BCB4

split-complementary

#B4B8BC #BCB4B4 #BCBCB4

monochromatic

#747B82 #94999F #B4B8BC #D4D7D9 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B4B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#B4B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8BC

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8BC	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.007 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacdd0',
    500: '#b4b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8bc;
$custom-light: #cacdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78062,
    "c": 0.00723,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8BC

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#735690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8BC

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

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