#B4BCBD#B4BCBD

#B4BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCBD
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(187, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -2.57, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 2.96, 209.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0081 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.009 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9891, 49.3435, 55.2356)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCBD #BDB5B4

analogous

#B4BDBA #B4BCBD #B4B8BD

triadic

#B4BCBD #BDB4BC #BCBDB4

tetradic

#B4BCBD #BAB4BD #BDB5B4 #B8BDB4

square

#B4BCBD #BAB4BD #BDB5B4 #B8BDB4

split-complementary

#B4BCBD #BDB4B8 #BDBAB4

monochromatic

#738183 #939FA0 #B4BCBD #D5D9DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#B4BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCBD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCBD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0d0',
    500: '#b4bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcbd;
$custom-light: #cad0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78923,
    "c": 0.00903,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCBD

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#5C5590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCBD

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

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