#B8BEB8#B8BEB8

#B8BEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.011 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEB8
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -3.20, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 3.94, 144.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0088 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.011 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8308, 50.4778, 52.6141)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEB8 #BEB8BE

analogous

#BBBEB8 #B8BEB8 #B8BEBB

triadic

#B8BEB8 #B8B8BE #BEB8B8

tetradic

#B8BEB8 #B8BBBE #BEB8BE #BEBBB8

square

#B8BEB8 #B8BBBE #BEB8BE #BEBBB8

split-complementary

#B8BEB8 #BBB8BE #BEB8BB

monochromatic

#788378 #98A198 #B8BEB8 #D8DBD8 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B8BEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B8BEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEB8

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEB8	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8beb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.011 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1cd',
    500: '#b8beb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8beb8;
$custom-light: #cdd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8beb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79503,
    "c": 0.01065,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEB8

secondary

#918A91

accent

#578E8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFA

border

#D3D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEB8

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

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