#B8BCBE#B8BCBE

#B8BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.005 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCBE
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -1.01, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 1.80, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0035 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.005 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0429, 49.8743, 55.8536)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCBE #BEBAB8

analogous

#B8BEBD #B8BCBE #B8B9BE

triadic

#B8BCBE #BEB8BC #BCBEB8

tetradic

#B8BCBE #BDB8BE #BEBAB8 #B9BEB8

square

#B8BCBE #BDB8BE #BEBAB8 #B9BEB8

split-complementary

#B8BCBE #BEB8B9 #BEBDB8

monochromatic

#788083 #989EA1 #B8BCBE #D8DADB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B8BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCBE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCBE	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)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.005 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d1',
    500: '#b8bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcbe;
$custom-light: #cdd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79265,
    "c": 0.0053,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCBE

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#6A578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCBE

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

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