#B8BFBE#B8BFBE

#B8BFBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BFBE
RGB	rgb(184, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(171, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(171, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -2.61, -0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 2.63, 187.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0078 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.008 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6905, 51.1694, 56.0694)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BFBE #BFB8B9

analogous

#B8BFBA #B8BFBE #B8BCBF

triadic

#B8BFBE #BEB8BF #BFBEB8

tetradic

#B8BFBE #BAB8BF #BFB8B9 #BCBFB8

square

#B8BFBE #BAB8BF #BFB8B9 #BCBFB8

split-complementary

#B8BFBE #BFB8BC #BFBAB8

monochromatic

#788583 #98A2A1 #B8BFBE #D8DCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#B8BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BFBE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BFBE	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)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd2d1',
    500: '#b8bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bfbe;
$custom-light: #cdd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79886,
    "c": 0.0079,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BFBE

secondary

#92898B

accent

#565F8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BFBE

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

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