#B4BCB4#B4BCB4

#B4BCB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.014 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCB4
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -4.27, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 5.27, 144.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0117 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.014 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0423, 48.9648, 50.2494)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCB4 #BCB4BC

analogous

#B8BCB4 #B4BCB4 #B4BCB8

triadic

#B4BCB4 #B4B4BC #BCB4B4

tetradic

#B4BCB4 #B4B8BC #BCB4BC #BCB8B4

square

#B4BCB4 #B4B8BC #BCB4BC #BCB8B4

split-complementary

#B4BCB4 #B8B4BC #BCB4B8

monochromatic

#748274 #949F94 #B4BCB4 #D4D9D4 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B4BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#B4BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCB4

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCB4	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.014 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0ca',
    500: '#b4bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcb4;
$custom-light: #cad0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.01423,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCB4

secondary

#E7E4E7

accent

#569090

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCB4

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

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