#B8BFBC#B8BFBC

#B8BFBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.009 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BFBC
RGB	rgb(184, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(154, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(154, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -2.98, 0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 3.06, 167.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0086 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.009 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4734, 51.0825, 54.9261)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BFBC #BFB8BB

analogous

#B8BFB8 #B8BFBC #B8BEBF

triadic

#B8BFBC #BCB8BF #BFBCB8

tetradic

#B8BFBC #B8B8BF #BFB8BB #BEBFB8

square

#B8BFBC #B8B8BF #BFB8BB #BEBFB8

split-complementary

#B8BFBC #BFB8BE #BFB8B8

monochromatic

#78857F #98A29E #B8BFBC #D8DCDA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#B8BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BFBC

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BFBC	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.009 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd2d0',
    500: '#b8bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bfbc;
$custom-light: #cdd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79827,
    "c": 0.0088,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BFBC

secondary

#92898D

accent

#566F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BFBC

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

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