#B7BCBE#B7BCBE

#B7BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.006 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7BCBE
RGB	rgb(183, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -1.35, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 2.11, 230.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0045 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.006 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8042, 49.7512, 55.8424)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7BCBE #BEB9B7

analogous

#B7BEBC #B7BCBE #B7B8BE

triadic

#B7BCBE #BEB7BC #BCBEB7

tetradic

#B7BCBE #BCB7BE #BEB9B7 #B8BEB7

square

#B7BCBE #BCB7BE #BEB9B7 #B8BEB7

split-complementary

#B7BCBE #BEB7B8 #BEBCB7

monochromatic

#778084 #979EA1 #B7BCBE #D7DADB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B7BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B7BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7BCBE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7BCBE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.006 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd0d1',
    500: '#b7bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7bcbe;
$custom-light: #ccd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 5.109,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.00627,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7BCBE

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#67578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7BCBE

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

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