#B8B4BC#B8B4BC

#B8B4BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4BC
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 2.91, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 4.59, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.0075 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1640, 46.4638, 54.1563)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4BC #B8BCB4

analogous

#B4B4BC #B8B4BC #BCB4BC

triadic

#B8B4BC #BCB8B4 #B4BCB8

tetradic

#B8B4BC #BCB4B4 #B8BCB4 #B4BCBC

square

#B8B4BC #BCB4B4 #B8BCB4 #B4BCBC

split-complementary

#B8B4BC #BCBCB4 #B4BCB4

monochromatic

#7B7482 #99949F #B8B4BC #D7D4D9 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B8B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4BC

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4BC	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcad0',
    500: '#b8b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4bc;
$custom-light: #cdcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77561,
    "c": 0.01204,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4BC

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#905673

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4BC

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

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