#B8B2B0#B8B2B0

#B8B2B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.007 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2B0
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 176)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(15, 4%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 1.76, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 2.50, 45.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0057 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.007 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5230, 45.1660, 47.4910)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2B0 #B0B6B8

analogous

#B8B0B2 #B8B2B0 #B8B6B0

triadic

#B8B2B0 #B0B8B2 #B2B0B8

tetradic

#B8B2B0 #B2B8B0 #B0B6B8 #B6B0B8

square

#B8B2B0 #B2B8B0 #B0B6B8 #B6B0B8

split-complementary

#B8B2B0 #B0B8B6 #B0B2B8

monochromatic

#7D7470 #9B9390 #B8B2B0 #D5D1D0 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B2B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B8B2B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2B0

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2B0	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.007 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9c7',
    500: '#b8b2b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2b0;
$custom-light: #cdc9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 5.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76792,
    "c": 0.00743,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2B0

secondary

#E1E2E3

accent

#818F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2B0

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

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