#B6B8BC#B6B8BC

#B6B8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B8BC
RGB	rgb(182, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(220, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 0.06, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 2.27, 271.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0006 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5073, 47.8568, 54.4070)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B8BC #BCBAB6

analogous

#B6BBBC #B6B8BC #B7B6BC

triadic

#B6B8BC #BCB6B8 #B8BCB6

tetradic

#B6B8BC #BCB6BB #BCBAB6 #B6BCB7

square

#B6B8BC #BCB6BB #BCBAB6 #B6BCB7

split-complementary

#B6B8BC #BCB7B6 #BBBCB6

monochromatic

#767A81 #96999F #B6B8BC #D6D7D9 #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B6B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#B6B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B8BC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B8BC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcdd0',
    500: '#b6b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b8bc;
$custom-light: #cbcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7822,
    "c": 0.00607,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B8BC

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#7C578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B8BC

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

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