#B8BEB4#B8BEB4

#B8BEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.015 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEB4
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(96, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(96, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -3.93, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 5.84, 132.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0104 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.015 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4175, 50.3124, 50.4370)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEB4 #BAB4BE

analogous

#BDBEB4 #B8BEB4 #B4BEB5

triadic

#B8BEB4 #B4B8BE #BEB4B8

tetradic

#B8BEB4 #B4BDBE #BAB4BE #BEB5B4

square

#B8BEB4 #B4BDBE #BAB4BE #BEB5B4

split-complementary

#B8BEB4 #B5B4BE #BEB4BD

monochromatic

#7A8573 #99A293 #B8BEB4 #D7DAD5 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8BEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B8BEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEB4

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEB4	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)

#BFBCB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8beb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.015 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1ca',
    500: '#b8beb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8beb4;
$custom-light: #cdd1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8beb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.01537,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEB4

secondary

#8C8591

accent

#549179

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEB4

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

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