#B4BCBF#B4BCBF

#B4BCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.010 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCBF
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -2.19, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 3.30, 228.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0073 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.01 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2077, 49.4309, 56.3868)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCBF #BFB7B4

analogous

#B4BFBC #B4BCBF #B4B6BF

triadic

#B4BCBF #BFB4BC #BCBFB4

tetradic

#B4BCBF #BCB4BF #BFB7B4 #B6BFB4

square

#B4BCBF #BCB4BF #BFB7B4 #B6BFB4

split-complementary

#B4BCBF #BFB4B6 #BFBCB4

monochromatic

#728186 #939FA3 #B4BCBF #D5D9DB #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B4BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCBF

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCBF	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.010 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0d2',
    500: '#b4bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcbf;
$custom-light: #cad0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78984,
    "c": 0.00989,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCBF

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#655492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCBF

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

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