#B8BCBD#B8BCBD

#B8BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.005 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCBD
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(192, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -1.20, -0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 1.56, 219.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0039 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.005 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9340, 49.8307, 55.2799)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCBD #BDB9B8

analogous

#B8BDBB #B8BCBD #B8B9BD

triadic

#B8BCBD #BDB8BC #BCBDB8

tetradic

#B8BCBD #BBB8BD #BDB9B8 #B9BDB8

square

#B8BCBD #BBB8BD #BDB9B8 #B9BDB8

split-complementary

#B8BCBD #BDB8B9 #BDBBB8

monochromatic

#798082 #989EA0 #B8BCBD #D8DADA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B8BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCBD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCBD	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.005 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d0',
    500: '#b8bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcbd;
$custom-light: #cdd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79235,
    "c": 0.0047,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCBD

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#63588D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCBD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →