#B8B4BE#B8B4BE

#B8B4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.015 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4BE
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 3.29, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 5.63, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0082 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.015 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3811, 46.5506, 55.2996)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4BE #BABEB4

analogous

#B4B5BE #B8B4BE #BDB4BE

triadic

#B8B4BE #BEB8B4 #B4BEB8

tetradic

#B8B4BE #BEB4B5 #BABEB4 #B4BEBD

square

#B8B4BE #BEB4B5 #BABEB4 #B4BEBD

split-complementary

#B8B4BE #BEBDB4 #B5BEB4

monochromatic

#7A7385 #9993A2 #B8B4BE #D7D5DA #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B8B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4BE

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4BE	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.015 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcad1',
    500: '#b8b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4be;
$custom-light: #cdcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.01468,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4BE

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#915479

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4BE

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

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