#B8BEC0#B8BEC0

#B8BEC0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.007 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEC0
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(195, 6%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -1.69, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 2.42, 225.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0056 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.007 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6932, 50.8227, 57.1561)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEC0 #C0BAB8

analogous

#B8C0BE #B8BEC0 #B8BAC0

triadic

#B8BEC0 #C0B8BE #BEC0B8

tetradic

#B8BEC0 #BEB8C0 #C0BAB8 #BAC0B8

square

#B8BEC0 #BEB8C0 #C0BAB8 #BAC0B8

split-complementary

#B8BEC0 #C0B8BA #C0BEB8

monochromatic

#778386 #98A0A3 #B8BEC0 #D8DCDD #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B8BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEC0

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEC0	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.007 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1d3',
    500: '#b8bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bec0;
$custom-light: #cdd1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 5.97,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.00727,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEC0

secondary

#938C89

accent

#645690

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEC0

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

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