#B6BCBA#B6BCBA

#B6BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BCBA
RGB	rgb(182, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(160, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(160, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -2.46, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 2.47, 173.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0072 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1359, 49.4565, 53.5603)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BCBA #BCB6B8

analogous

#B6BCB7 #B6BCBA #B6BBBC

triadic

#B6BCBA #BAB6BC #BCBAB6

tetradic

#B6BCBA #B7B6BC #BCB6B8 #BBBCB6

square

#B6BCBA #B7B6BC #BCB6B8 #BBBCB6

split-complementary

#B6BCBA #BCB6BB #BCB7B6

monochromatic

#76817E #969F9C #B6BCBA #D6D9D8 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B6BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B6BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BCBA

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BCBA	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0ce',
    500: '#b6bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bcba;
$custom-light: #cbd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78989,
    "c": 0.00723,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BCBA

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#576A8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BCBA

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

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