#B8BCA6#B8BCA6

#B8BCA6 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.031 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCA6
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(71, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(71, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -5.31, 10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 11.91, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0132 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.031 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6324, 48.9101, 43.1583)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCA6 #AAA6BC

analogous

#BCB5A6 #B8BCA6 #ADBCA6

triadic

#B8BCA6 #A6B8BC #BCA6B8

tetradic

#B8BCA6 #A6BCB5 #AAA6BC #BCA6AD

square

#B8BCA6 #A6BCB5 #AAA6BC #BCA6AD

split-complementary

#B8BCA6 #A6ADBC #B5A6BC

monochromatic

#7E8463 #9CA283 #B8BCA6 #D4D6C9 #F0F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#B8BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCA6

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCA6	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.031 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0c0',
    500: '#b8bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bca6;
$custom-light: #cdd0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78597,
    "c": 0.03067,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCA6

secondary

#DDDCE2

accent

#4D985B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCA6

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

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