#B4BCBC#B4BCBC

#B4BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCBC
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -2.77, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 2.93, 199.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0085 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(45.8809, 49.3002, 54.6659)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCBC #BCB4B4

analogous

#B4BCB8 #B4BCBC #B4B8BC

triadic

#B4BCBC #BCB4BC #BCBCB4

tetradic

#B4BCBC #B8B4BC #BCB4B4 #B8BCB4

square

#B4BCBC #B8B4BC #BCB4B4 #B8BCB4

split-complementary

#B4BCBC #BCB4B8 #BCB8B4

monochromatic

#748282 #949F9F #B4BCBC #D4D9D9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B4BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCBC

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCBC	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0d0',
    500: '#b4bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcbc;
$custom-light: #cad0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78893,
    "c": 0.00891,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.49301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCBC

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#565690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCBC

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

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