#B8BBAE#B8BBAE

#B8BBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.018 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBAE
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(74, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(74, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -3.41, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 7.09, 118.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0084 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.018 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1763, 48.7870, 47.0731)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBAE #B1AEBB

analogous

#BBB7AE #B8BBAE #B1BBAE

triadic

#B8BBAE #AEB8BB #BBAEB8

tetradic

#B8BBAE #AEBBB7 #B1AEBB #BBAEB1

square

#B8BBAE #AEBBB7 #B1AEBB #BBAEB1

split-complementary

#B8BBAE #AEB1BB #B7AEBB

monochromatic

#7D826D #9B9F8D #B8BBAE #D5D7CF #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B8BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBAE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBAE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.018 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfc6',
    500: '#b8bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbae;
$custom-light: #cdcfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78599,
    "c": 0.01832,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBAE

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#539362

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBAE

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

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