#B8BFBD#B8BFBD

#B8BFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BFBD
RGB	rgb(184, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(163, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(163, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -2.79, 0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 2.80, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0082 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.008 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5816, 51.1258, 55.4958)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BFBD #BFB8BA

analogous

#B8BFB9 #B8BFBD #B8BDBF

triadic

#B8BFBD #BDB8BF #BFBDB8

tetradic

#B8BFBD #B9B8BF #BFB8BA #BDBFB8

square

#B8BFBD #B9B8BF #BFB8BA #BDBFB8

split-complementary

#B8BFBD #BFB8BD #BFB9B8

monochromatic

#788581 #98A29F #B8BFBD #D8DCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#B8BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BFBD

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BFBD	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd2d0',
    500: '#b8bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bfbd;
$custom-light: #cdd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79856,
    "c": 0.00824,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BFBD

secondary

#92898C

accent

#56678F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BFBD

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

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