#B4BDBE#B4BDBE

#B4BDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDBE
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(186, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -2.91, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 3.31, 208.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0092 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.01 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3124, 49.8158, 55.8807)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDBE #BEB5B4

analogous

#B4BEBA #B4BDBE #B4B8BE

triadic

#B4BDBE #BEB4BD #BDBEB4

tetradic

#B4BDBE #BAB4BE #BEB5B4 #B8BEB4

square

#B4BDBE #BAB4BE #BEB5B4 #B8BEB4

split-complementary

#B4BDBE #BEB4B8 #BEBAB4

monochromatic

#738385 #93A0A2 #B4BDBE #D5DADA #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B4BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#B4BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDBE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDBE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0d1',
    500: '#b4bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdbe;
$custom-light: #cad0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79162,
    "c": 0.01011,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDBE

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#5A5491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDBE

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

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