#B8BCBF#B8BCBF

#B8BCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.006 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCBF
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(206, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -0.82, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 2.16, 247.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0031 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.006 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1526, 49.9182, 56.4311)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCBF #BFBBB8

analogous

#B8BFBE #B8BCBF #B8B8BF

triadic

#B8BCBF #BFB8BC #BCBFB8

tetradic

#B8BCBF #BEB8BF #BFBBB8 #B8BFB8

square

#B8BCBF #BEB8BF #BFBBB8 #B8BFB8

split-complementary

#B8BCBF #BFB8B8 #BFBEB8

monochromatic

#787F85 #989EA2 #B8BCBF #D8DADC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B8BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCBF

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCBF	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.006 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d2',
    500: '#b8bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcbf;
$custom-light: #cdd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.00617,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCBF

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#6F568F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCBF

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

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