#B8BCBC#B8BCBC

#B8BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.004 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCBC
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -1.39, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 1.47, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0043 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.004 197)
XYZ	xyz(46.8258, 49.7875, 54.7102)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCBC #BCB8B8

analogous

#B8BCBA #B8BCBC #B8BABC

triadic

#B8BCBC #BCB8BC #BCBCB8

tetradic

#B8BCBC #BAB8BC #BCB8B8 #BABCB8

square

#B8BCBC #BAB8BC #BCB8B8 #BABCB8

split-complementary

#B8BCBC #BCB8BA #BCBAB8

monochromatic

#798080 #999E9E #B8BCBC #D7DADA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B8BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#B8BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCBC

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCBC	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.004 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d0',
    500: '#b8bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcbc;
$custom-light: #cdd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79205,
    "c": 0.00448,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.49788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCBC

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#59598D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCBC

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

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