#B8B2B4#B8B2B4

#B8B2B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.007 H 354.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2B4
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 180)
HSL	hsl(340, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(340, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 2.49, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 2.50, 353.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0073 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.007 354.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9246, 45.3266, 49.6061)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2B4 #B2B8B6

analogous

#B8B2B7 #B8B2B4 #B8B3B2

triadic

#B8B2B4 #B4B8B2 #B2B4B8

tetradic

#B8B2B4 #B7B8B2 #B2B8B6 #B3B2B8

square

#B8B2B4 #B7B8B2 #B2B8B6 #B3B2B8

split-complementary

#B8B2B4 #B2B8B3 #B2B7B8

monochromatic

#7D7376 #9B9295 #B8B2B4 #D5D2D3 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#B8B2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2B4

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2B4	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.007 354.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9ca',
    500: '#b8b2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2b4;
$custom-light: #cdc9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7691,
    "c": 0.00735,
    "h": 354.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2B4

secondary

#E2E4E3

accent

#8E7C58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2B4

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

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