#B8BCBA#B8BCBA

#B8BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.005 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCBA
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(150, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(150, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -1.76, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 1.84, 163.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0051 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.005 165)
XYZ	xyz(46.6117, 49.7018, 53.5826)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCBA #BCB8BA

analogous

#B8BCB8 #B8BCBA #B8BCBC

triadic

#B8BCBA #BAB8BC #BCBAB8

tetradic

#B8BCBA #B8B8BC #BCB8BA #BCBCB8

square

#B8BCBA #B8B8BC #BCB8BA #BCBCB8

split-complementary

#B8BCBA #BCB8BC #BCB8B8

monochromatic

#79807D #999E9B #B8BCBA #D7DAD9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B8BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B8BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCBA

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCBA	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.005 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0ce',
    500: '#b8bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcba;
$custom-light: #cdd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79146,
    "c": 0.00525,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.49702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCBA

secondary

#E6E5E6

accent

#59738D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCBA

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

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