#B4BCBA#B4BCBA

#B4BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCBA
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(165, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(165, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -3.15, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 3.15, 179.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0093 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6668, 49.2146, 53.5383)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCBA #BCB4B6

analogous

#B4BCB6 #B4BCBA #B4BABC

triadic

#B4BCBA #BAB4BC #BCBAB4

tetradic

#B4BCBA #B6B4BC #BCB4B6 #BABCB4

square

#B4BCBA #B6B4BC #BCB4B6 #BABCB4

split-complementary

#B4BCBA #BCB4BA #BCB6B4

monochromatic

#74827E #949F9C #B4BCBA #D4D9D8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B4BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B4BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCBA

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCBA	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0ce',
    500: '#b4bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcba;
$custom-light: #cad0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78834,
    "c": 0.00931,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCBA

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#566490

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCBA

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

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