#B8B8B2#B8B8B2

#B8B8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8B2
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -1.10, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 3.23, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0024 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9423, 47.6858, 48.9475)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8B2 #B2B2B8

analogous

#B8B5B2 #B8B8B2 #B5B8B2

triadic

#B8B8B2 #B2B8B8 #B8B2B8

tetradic

#B8B8B2 #B2B8B5 #B2B2B8 #B8B2B5

square

#B8B8B2 #B2B8B5 #B2B2B8 #B8B2B5

split-complementary

#B8B8B2 #B2B5B8 #B5B2B8

monochromatic

#7D7D73 #9B9B92 #B8B8B2 #D5D5D2 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B8B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B8B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8B2

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8B2	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcdc9',
    500: '#b8b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8b2;
$custom-light: #cdcdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78086,
    "c": 0.00837,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8B2

secondary

#E2E2E4

accent

#588E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8B2

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

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