#B4BFBD#B4BFBD

#B4BFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.012 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BFBD
RGB	rgb(180, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(169, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -4.17, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 4.18, 184.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0124 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.012 184)
XYZ	xyz(46.6366, 50.6386, 55.4515)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BFBD #BFB4B6

analogous

#B4BFB7 #B4BFBD #B4BBBF

triadic

#B4BFBD #BDB4BF #BFBDB4

tetradic

#B4BFBD #B7B4BF #BFB4B6 #BBBFB4

square

#B4BFBD #B7B4BF #BFB4B6 #BBBFB4

split-complementary

#B4BFBD #BFB4BB #BFB7B4

monochromatic

#728683 #93A3A0 #B4BFBD #D5DBDA #EEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B4BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BFBD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BFBD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.012 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad2d0',
    500: '#b4bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bfbd;
$custom-light: #cad2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7955,
    "c": 0.01247,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.50639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BFBD

secondary

#928588

accent

#545F92

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BFBD

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

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