#B8BAC0#B8BAC0

#B8BAC0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAC0
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 192)
HSL	hsl(225, 6%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 0.44, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 3.30, 277.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0002 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8387, 49.1138, 56.8713)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAC0 #C0BEB8

analogous

#B8BEC0 #B8BAC0 #BAB8C0

triadic

#B8BAC0 #C0B8BA #BAC0B8

tetradic

#B8BAC0 #C0B8BE #C0BEB8 #B8C0BA

square

#B8BAC0 #C0B8BE #C0BEB8 #B8C0BA

split-complementary

#B8BAC0 #C0BAB8 #BEC0B8

monochromatic

#777B86 #989AA3 #B8BAC0 #D8DADD #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8BAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B8BAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAC0

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAC0	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdced3',
    500: '#b8bac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bac0;
$custom-light: #cdced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 5.97,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78913,
    "c": 0.00872,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAC0

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#815690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAC0

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

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