#B4BCB2#B4BCB2

#B4BCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.017 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCB2
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(108, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(108, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -4.64, 4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 6.19, 138.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0125 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.017 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8401, 48.8839, 49.1841)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCB2 #BAB2BC

analogous

#B9BCB2 #B4BCB2 #B2BCB5

triadic

#B4BCB2 #B2B4BC #BCB2B4

tetradic

#B4BCB2 #B2B9BC #BAB2BC #BCB5B2

square

#B4BCB2 #B2B9BC #BAB2BC #BCB5B2

split-complementary

#B4BCB2 #B5B2BC #BCB2B9

monochromatic

#758271 #94A091 #B4BCB2 #D4D8D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B4BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B4BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCB2

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCB2	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.017 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0c9',
    500: '#b4bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcb2;
$custom-light: #cad0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.0165,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCB2

secondary

#E6E4E6

accent

#559185

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCB2

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

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