#B6BCBD#B6BCBD

#B6BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.007 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6BCBD
RGB	rgb(182, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(189, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -1.89, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 2.25, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.006 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.007 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4582, 49.5854, 55.2576)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6BCBD #BDB7B6

analogous

#B6BDBA #B6BCBD #B6B8BD

triadic

#B6BCBD #BDB6BC #BCBDB6

tetradic

#B6BCBD #BAB6BD #BDB7B6 #B8BDB6

square

#B6BCBD #BAB6BD #BDB7B6 #B8BDB6

split-complementary

#B6BCBD #BDB6B8 #BDBAB6

monochromatic

#768183 #969FA0 #B6BCBD #D6D9DA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B6BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B6BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6BCBD

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6BCBD	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.007 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0d0',
    500: '#b6bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6bcbd;
$custom-light: #cbd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.00686,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6BCBD

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5F578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6BCBD

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

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