#B8BAB2#B8BAB2

#B8BAB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.011 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAB2
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(75, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(75, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -2.17, 3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 4.38, 119.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0053 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.011 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3607, 48.5225, 49.0869)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAB2 #B4B2BA

analogous

#BAB8B2 #B8BAB2 #B4BAB2

triadic

#B8BAB2 #B2B8BA #BAB2B8

tetradic

#B8BAB2 #B2BAB8 #B4B2BA #BAB2B4

square

#B8BAB2 #B2BAB8 #B4B2BA #BAB2B4

split-complementary

#B8BAB2 #B2B4BA #B8B2BA

monochromatic

#7C7F72 #9A9D92 #B8BAB2 #D6D7D2 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B8BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B8BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAB2

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAB2	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.011 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcec9',
    500: '#b8bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bab2;
$custom-light: #cdcec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78501,
    "c": 0.01134,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAB2

secondary

#E3E3E5

accent

#568F64

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAB2

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

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