#B8B2BC#B8B2BC

#B8B2BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2BC
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, 3.99, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 5.88, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0104 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7632, 45.6621, 54.0227)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2BC #B6BCB2

analogous

#B3B2BC #B8B2BC #BCB2BB

triadic

#B8B2BC #BCB8B2 #B2BCB8

tetradic

#B8B2BC #BCB3B2 #B6BCB2 #B2BBBC

square

#B8B2BC #BCB3B2 #B6BCB2 #B2BBBC

split-complementary

#B8B2BC #BBBCB2 #B2BCB3

monochromatic

#7B7182 #9A91A0 #B8B2BC #D6D3D8 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B8B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B8B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2BC

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2BC	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9d0',
    500: '#b8b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2bc;
$custom-light: #cdc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.01551,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2BC

secondary

#E5E6E4

accent

#91556D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2BC

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

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