#B8BCB2#B8BCB2

#B8BCB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.015 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCB2
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(84, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(84, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -3.23, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 5.59, 125.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0083 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.015 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7850, 49.3711, 49.2284)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCB2 #B6B2BC

analogous

#BCBBB2 #B8BCB2 #B3BCB2

triadic

#B8BCB2 #B2B8BC #BCB2B8

tetradic

#B8BCB2 #B2BCBB #B6B2BC #BCB2B3

square

#B8BCB2 #B2BCBB #B6B2BC #BCB2B3

split-complementary

#B8BCB2 #B2B3BC #BBB2BC

monochromatic

#7B8271 #9AA091 #B8BCB2 #D6D8D3 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#B8BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCB2

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCB2	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.015 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0c9',
    500: '#b8bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcb2;
$custom-light: #cdd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 6.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.01457,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCB2

secondary

#E5E4E6

accent

#55916D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCB2

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

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