#B4BCBB#B4BCBB

#B4BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCBB
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(173, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -2.96, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 2.99, 188.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0089 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.009 188)
XYZ	xyz(45.7735, 49.2573, 54.1002)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCBB #BCB4B5

analogous

#B4BCB7 #B4BCBB #B4B9BC

triadic

#B4BCBB #BBB4BC #BCBBB4

tetradic

#B4BCBB #B7B4BC #BCB4B5 #B9BCB4

square

#B4BCBB #B7B4BC #BCB4B5 #B9BCB4

split-complementary

#B4BCBB #BCB4B9 #BCB7B4

monochromatic

#748280 #949F9E #B4BCBB #D4D9D8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B4BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#B4BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCBB

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCBB	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0cf',
    500: '#b4bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcbb;
$custom-light: #cad0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78864,
    "c": 0.00901,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.49258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCBB

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#565D90

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCBB

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

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