#B8BDBE#B8BDBE

#B8BDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.006 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BDBE
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -1.54, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 1.90, 215.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0049 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.006 211)
XYZ	xyz(47.2573, 50.3030, 55.9250)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BDBE #BEB9B8

analogous

#B8BEBC #B8BDBE #B8BABE

triadic

#B8BDBE #BEB8BD #BDBEB8

tetradic

#B8BDBE #BCB8BE #BEB9B8 #BABEB8

square

#B8BDBE #BCB8BE #BEB9B8 #BABEB8

split-complementary

#B8BDBE #BEB8BA #BEBCB8

monochromatic

#788183 #989FA1 #B8BDBE #D8DBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B8BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BDBE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BDBE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.006 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0d1',
    500: '#b8bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bdbe;
$custom-light: #cdd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79471,
    "c": 0.00576,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.50303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BDBE

secondary

#918B8A

accent

#60578E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BDBE

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

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