#B8BEBE#B8BEBE

#B8BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.007 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEBE
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -2.07, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 2.20, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0064 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.007 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4731, 50.7347, 55.9970)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEBE #BEB8B8

analogous

#B8BEBB #B8BEBE #B8BBBE

triadic

#B8BEBE #BEB8BE #BEBEB8

tetradic

#B8BEBE #BBB8BE #BEB8B8 #BBBEB8

square

#B8BEBE #BBB8BE #BEB8B8 #BBBEB8

split-complementary

#B8BEBE #BEB8BB #BEBBB8

monochromatic

#788383 #98A1A1 #B8BEBE #D8DBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B8BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEBE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEBE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.007 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1d1',
    500: '#b8bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bebe;
$custom-light: #cdd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79678,
    "c": 0.00668,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEBE

secondary

#918A8A

accent

#57578E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEBE

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

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