#B4BCB8#B4BCB8

#B4BCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCB8
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(150, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(150, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -3.53, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 3.68, 163.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0101 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.01 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4557, 49.1302, 52.4264)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCB8 #BCB4B8

analogous

#B4BCB4 #B4BCB8 #B4BCBC

triadic

#B4BCB8 #B8B4BC #BCB8B4

tetradic

#B4BCB8 #B4B4BC #BCB4B8 #BCBCB4

square

#B4BCB8 #B4B4BC #BCB4B8 #BCBCB4

split-complementary

#B4BCB8 #BCB4BC #BCB4B4

monochromatic

#74827B #949F99 #B4BCB8 #D4D9D7 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B4BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B4BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCB8

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCB8	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0cd',
    500: '#b4bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcb8;
$custom-light: #cad0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78775,
    "c": 0.01048,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCB8

secondary

#E7E4E6

accent

#567390

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCB8

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

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