#B8BCB6#B8BCB6

#B8BCB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.009 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCB6
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(100, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(100, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -2.50, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 3.57, 134.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0067 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.009 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1925, 49.5341, 51.3744)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCB6 #BAB6BC

analogous

#BBBCB6 #B8BCB6 #B6BCB7

triadic

#B8BCB6 #B6B8BC #BCB6B8

tetradic

#B8BCB6 #B6BBBC #BAB6BC #BCB7B6

square

#B8BCB6 #B6BBBC #BAB6BC #BCB7B6

split-complementary

#B8BCB6 #B7B6BC #BCB6BB

monochromatic

#7A8176 #999F96 #B8BCB6 #D7D9D6 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B8BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCB6

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCB6	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.009 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0cb',
    500: '#b8bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcb6;
$custom-light: #cdd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.00944,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCB6

secondary

#E6E5E6

accent

#578E7C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCB6

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

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