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Monogreymid

Warm Stone Hush

#b2bcb4
Notes

Warm Stone Hush (#B2BCB4) is a pale neutral with a mono character. It's a grayscale value, at home in typography, dividers, and the structural layer beneath stronger colors. Its HSL profile (132°, 7%, 72%) places it in the muted band at a light lightness. It works as a soft page background, card surface, or low-key divider. Avoid it for body text against white. Pair it with almost any saturated accent. It's built to sit underneath or behind stronger colors without fighting them.

HEX
#b2bcb4
RGB
rgb(178, 188, 180)
HSL
hsl(132, 7%, 72%)
HWB
hwb(132 70% 26%)
OKLCH
oklch(78.5% 0.016 151.7)
HSV
hsv(132, 5%, 74%)
LAB
lab(75.28% -4.97 2.85)
LCH
lch(75.28% 5.73 150.20)
CMYK
cmyk(5%, 0%, 4%, 26%)

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#b2bcb4
Original
#bcbab4
Protanopia
#bab9b4
Deuteranopia
#b1bcba
Tritanopia
#b9b9b9
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.95:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
10.75:1

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