#B8BEBC#B8BEBC

#B8BEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.007 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEBC
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(160, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(160, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -2.45, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 2.47, 173.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0072 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.007 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2561, 50.6479, 54.8536)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEBC #BEB8BA

analogous

#B8BEB9 #B8BEBC #B8BDBE

triadic

#B8BEBC #BCB8BE #BEBCB8

tetradic

#B8BEBC #B9B8BE #BEB8BA #BDBEB8

square

#B8BEBC #B9B8BE #BEB8BA #BDBEB8

split-complementary

#B8BEBC #BEB8BD #BEB9B8

monochromatic

#788380 #98A19E #B8BEBC #D8DBDA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B8BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B8BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEBC

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEBC	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.007 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1d0',
    500: '#b8bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bebc;
$custom-light: #cdd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79619,
    "c": 0.00722,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEBC

secondary

#918A8C

accent

#576A8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEBC

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

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