#B4BDBF#B4BDBF

#B4BDBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDBF
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -2.72, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 3.43, 217.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0088 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.01 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4221, 49.8597, 56.4583)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDBF #BFB6B4

analogous

#B4BFBB #B4BDBF #B4B7BF

triadic

#B4BDBF #BFB4BD #BDBFB4

tetradic

#B4BDBF #BBB4BF #BFB6B4 #B7BFB4

square

#B4BDBF #BBB4BF #BFB6B4 #B7BFB4

split-complementary

#B4BDBF #BFB4B7 #BFBBB4

monochromatic

#728386 #93A0A3 #B4BDBF #D5DADB #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B4BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B4BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDBF

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDBF	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0d2',
    500: '#b4bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdbf;
$custom-light: #cad0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79192,
    "c": 0.01041,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDBF

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#5F5492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDBF

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

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