#B4BDBA#B4BDBA

#B4BDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.011 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDBA
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(160, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(160, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -3.68, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 3.70, 173.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0108 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.011 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8812, 49.6433, 53.6098)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDBA #BDB4B7

analogous

#B4BDB6 #B4BDBA #B4BCBD

triadic

#B4BDBA #BAB4BD #BDBAB4

tetradic

#B4BDBA #B6B4BD #BDB4B7 #BCBDB4

square

#B4BDBA #B6B4BD #BDB4B7 #BCBDB4

split-complementary

#B4BDBA #BDB4BC #BDB6B4

monochromatic

#73837E #93A09C #B4BDBA #D5DAD8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B4BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#B4BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDBA

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDBA	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.011 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0ce',
    500: '#b4bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdba;
$custom-light: #cad0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79043,
    "c": 0.01082,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDBA

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#556990

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDBA

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

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