#B8BAC2#B8BAC2

#B8BAC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.011 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAC2
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 194)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, 0.83, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 4.36, 280.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.001 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.011 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0618, 49.2030, 58.0462)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAC2 #C2C0B8

analogous

#B8BFC2 #B8BAC2 #BBB8C2

triadic

#B8BAC2 #C2B8BA #BAC2B8

tetradic

#B8BAC2 #C2B8BF #C2C0B8 #B8C2BB

square

#B8BAC2 #C2B8BF #C2C0B8 #B8C2BB

split-complementary

#B8BAC2 #C2BBB8 #BFC2B8

monochromatic

#767A89 #979AA6 #B8BAC2 #D9DADE #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8BAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B8BAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAC2

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAC2	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.011 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdced4',
    500: '#b8bac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bac2;
$custom-light: #cdced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 7.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.01146,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAC2

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#855492

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAC2

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

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