#B8BCB4#B8BCB4

#B8BCB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.012 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCB4
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(90, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(90, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -2.87, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 4.57, 128.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0075 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.012 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9873, 49.4520, 50.2936)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCB4 #B8B4BC

analogous

#BCBCB4 #B8BCB4 #B4BCB4

triadic

#B8BCB4 #B4B8BC #BCB4B8

tetradic

#B8BCB4 #B4BCBC #B8B4BC #BCB4B4

square

#B8BCB4 #B4BCBC #B8B4BC #BCB4B4

split-complementary

#B8BCB4 #B4B4BC #BCB4BC

monochromatic

#7B8274 #999F94 #B8BCB4 #D7D9D4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B8BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCB4

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCB4	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.012 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0ca',
    500: '#b8bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcb4;
$custom-light: #cdd0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 5.634,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78973,
    "c": 0.01195,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCB4

secondary

#E6E4E7

accent

#569073

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCB4

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

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