#B8BCBB#B8BCBB

#B8BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.005 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCBB
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(165, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(165, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -1.58, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 1.58, 179.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0047 0)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.005 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7184, 49.7445, 54.1445)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCBB #BCB8B9

analogous

#B8BCB9 #B8BCBB #B8BBBC

triadic

#B8BCBB #BBB8BC #BCBBB8

tetradic

#B8BCBB #B9B8BC #BCB8B9 #BBBCB8

square

#B8BCBB #B9B8BC #BCB8B9 #BBBCB8

split-complementary

#B8BCBB #BCB8BB #BCB9B8

monochromatic

#79807F #999E9D #B8BCBB #D7DAD9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B8BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B8BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCBB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCBB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.005 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0cf',
    500: '#b8bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcbb;
$custom-light: #cdd0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79175,
    "c": 0.00467,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCBB

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#59668D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCBB

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

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