#B6BCB8#B6BCB8

#B6BCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BCB8
RGB	rgb(182, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(140, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(140, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -2.83, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 3.11, 155.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.008 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(45.9248, 49.3720, 52.4484)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BCB8 #BCB6BA

analogous

#B7BCB6 #B6BCB8 #B6BCBB

triadic

#B6BCB8 #B8B6BC #BCB8B6

tetradic

#B6BCB8 #B6B7BC #BCB6BA #BCBBB6

square

#B6BCB8 #B6B7BC #BCB6BA #BCBBB6

split-complementary

#B6BCB8 #BBB6BC #BCB6B7

monochromatic

#76817A #969F99 #B6BCB8 #D6D9D7 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B6BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#B6BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BCB8

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BCB8	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0cd',
    500: '#b6bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bcb8;
$custom-light: #cbd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78931,
    "c": 0.00868,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.49372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BCB8

secondary

#E6E5E6

accent

#577C8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BCB8

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

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