#B8BEC2#B8BEC2

#B8BEC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEC2
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 8%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -1.31, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 3.03, 244.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0048 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9163, 50.9120, 58.3311)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEC2 #C2BCB8

analogous

#B8C2C1 #B8BEC2 #B8B9C2

triadic

#B8BEC2 #C2B8BE #BEC2B8

tetradic

#B8BEC2 #C1B8C2 #C2BCB8 #B9C2B8

square

#B8BEC2 #C1B8C2 #C2BCB8 #B9C2B8

split-complementary

#B8BEC2 #C2B8B9 #C2C1B8

monochromatic

#768289 #97A0A6 #B8BEC2 #D9DCDE #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B8BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEC2

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEC2	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1d4',
    500: '#b8bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bec2;
$custom-light: #cdd1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 7.576,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.00876,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEC2

secondary

#958E89

accent

#6D5492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEC2

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

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