#B6B8BE#B6B8BE

#B6B8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B8BE
RGB	rgb(182, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(225, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, 0.44, -3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 3.31, 277.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.0002 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7244, 47.9436, 55.5504)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B8BE #BEBCB6

analogous

#B6BCBE #B6B8BE #B8B6BE

triadic

#B6B8BE #BEB6B8 #B8BEB6

tetradic

#B6B8BE #BEB6BC #BEBCB6 #B6BEB8

square

#B6B8BE #BEB6BC #BEBCB6 #B6BEB8

split-complementary

#B6B8BE #BEB8B6 #BCBEB6

monochromatic

#767984 #9699A1 #B6B8BE #D6D7DB #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B6B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B6B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B8BE

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B8BE	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcdd1',
    500: '#b6b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b8be;
$custom-light: #cbcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 5.797,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78282,
    "c": 0.00874,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B8BE

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#815690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B8BE

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

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