#B8B2B2#B8B2B2

#B8B2B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2B2
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 2.12, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 2.25, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0065 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7223, 45.2457, 48.5408)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2B2 #B2B8B8

analogous

#B8B2B5 #B8B2B2 #B8B5B2

triadic

#B8B2B2 #B2B8B2 #B2B2B8

tetradic

#B8B2B2 #B5B8B2 #B2B8B8 #B5B2B8

square

#B8B2B2 #B5B8B2 #B2B8B8 #B5B2B8

split-complementary

#B8B2B2 #B2B8B5 #B2B5B8

monochromatic

#7D7373 #9B9292 #B8B2B2 #D5D2D2 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B8B2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2B2

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2B2	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9c9',
    500: '#b8b2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2b2;
$custom-light: #cdc9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76851,
    "c": 0.00684,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2B2

secondary

#E2E4E4

accent

#8E8E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2B2

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

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