#B8BABC#B8BABC

#B8BABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.004 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BABC
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(210, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -0.32, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 1.29, 255.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0014 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.004 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4016, 48.9389, 54.5688)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BABC #BCBAB8

analogous

#B8BCBC #B8BABC #B8B8BC

triadic

#B8BABC #BCB8BA #BABCB8

tetradic

#B8BABC #BCB8BC #BCBAB8 #B8BCB8

square

#B8BABC #BCB8BC #BCBAB8 #B8BCB8

split-complementary

#B8BABC #BCB8B8 #BCBCB8

monochromatic

#797D80 #999B9E #B8BABC #D7D9DA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#B8BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BABC

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BABC	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.004 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdced0',
    500: '#b8babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8babc;
$custom-light: #cdced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78792,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BABC

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#73598D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BABC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →