#B8BBBD#B8BBBD

#B8BBBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.004 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBBD
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -0.67, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 1.53, 244.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0024 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.004 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7211, 49.4050, 55.2090)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBBD #BDBAB8

analogous

#B8BDBC #B8BBBD #B8B8BD

triadic

#B8BBBD #BDB8BB #BBBDB8

tetradic

#B8BBBD #BCB8BD #BDBAB8 #B8BDB8

square

#B8BBBD #BCB8BD #BDBAB8 #B8BDB8

split-complementary

#B8BBBD #BDB8B8 #BDBCB8

monochromatic

#797E82 #989DA0 #B8BBBD #D8D9DA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B8BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBBD

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBBD	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.004 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfd0',
    500: '#b8bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbbd;
$custom-light: #cdcfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.0044,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBBD

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#6D588D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBBD

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

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