#B8BCB8#B8BCB8

#B8BCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.007 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCB8
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -2.14, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 2.63, 144.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0059 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.007 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4006, 49.6174, 52.4707)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCB8 #BCB8BC

analogous

#BABCB8 #B8BCB8 #B8BCBA

triadic

#B8BCB8 #B8B8BC #BCB8B8

tetradic

#B8BCB8 #B8BABC #BCB8BC #BCBAB8

square

#B8BCB8 #B8BABC #BCB8BC #BCBAB8

split-complementary

#B8BCB8 #BAB8BC #BCB8BA

monochromatic

#798079 #999E99 #B8BCB8 #D7DAD7 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B8BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B8BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCB8

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCB8	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.007 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0cd',
    500: '#b8bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcb8;
$custom-light: #cdd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.00711,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCB8

secondary

#E6E5E6

accent

#598D8D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCB8

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

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