#B4B8BE#B4B8BE

#B4B8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.010 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8BE
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(216, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -0.24, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 3.53, 266.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0019 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.01 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2554, 47.7017, 55.5284)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8BE #BEBAB4

analogous

#B4BDBE #B4B8BE #B5B4BE

triadic

#B4B8BE #BEB4B8 #B8BEB4

tetradic

#B4B8BE #BEB4BD #BEBAB4 #B4BEB5

square

#B4B8BE #BEB4BD #BEBAB4 #B4BEB5

split-complementary

#B4B8BE #BEB5B4 #BDBEB4

monochromatic

#737A85 #9399A2 #B4B8BE #D5D7DA #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B4B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B4B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8BE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8BE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.010 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacdd1',
    500: '#b4b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8be;
$custom-light: #cacdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.0096,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8BE

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#795491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8BE

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

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