#B8BFBF#B8BFBF

#B8BFBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BFBF
RGB	rgb(184, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -2.42, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 2.56, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0074 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.008 197)
XYZ	xyz(47.8001, 51.2132, 56.6470)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BFBF #BFB8B8

analogous

#B8BFBB #B8BFBF #B8BBBF

triadic

#B8BFBF #BFB8BF #BFBFB8

tetradic

#B8BFBF #BBB8BF #BFB8B8 #BBBFB8

square

#B8BFBF #BBB8BF #BFB8B8 #BBBFB8

split-complementary

#B8BFBF #BFB8BB #BFBBB8

monochromatic

#788585 #98A2A2 #B8BFBF #D8DCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B8BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B8BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BFBF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BFBF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd2d2',
    500: '#b8bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bfbf;
$custom-light: #cdd2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79915,
    "c": 0.00778,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.51214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BFBF

secondary

#928989

accent

#56568F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BFBF

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

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