Light gray
#B6BFCE
#B6BFCE is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.2:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B6BFCE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B6BFCE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 E5ECF7
- 200 D2DAE6
- 300 B6BFCE
- 400 9BA4B2
- 500 808896
- 600 666E7B
- 700 4E5662
- 800 3A404B
- 900 262C35
- 950 141820
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f2f7ff; --color-gray-100: #e5ecf7; --color-gray-200: #d2dae6; --color-gray-300: #b6bfce; --color-gray-400: #9ba4b2; --color-gray-500: #808896; --color-gray-600: #666e7b; --color-gray-700: #4e5662; --color-gray-800: #3a404b; --color-gray-900: #262c35; --color-gray-950: #141820;}Is #B6BFCE readable?
Contrast for text on #B6BFCE and for #B6BFCE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.2APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #6F7785 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.2APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #B6BFCE
Six palettes built around #B6BFCE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B6BFCE · #9275CC · #00B8F6 · #FFDAFE · #2A2F34
- Complementary#B6BFCE · #CCAE63 · #F3A624 · #D8E6FF · #1B242F
- Split complementary#B6BFCE · #CD6537 · #93C35D · #BCDAFF · #1E2228
- Triadic#B6BFCE · #DF837F · #6FD15D · #DDE9FF · #232731
- Tetradic#B6BFCE · #DF83A8 · #E4A400 · #7FF8D8 · #20242C
- Monochromatic#B6BFCE · #6195E7 · #62A0FF · #DDE7FF · #25292E
#B6BFCE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B6BFCE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #E5ECF7
- Brand 200, #D2DAE6
- Brand 300, #B6BFCE
- Brand 400, #9BA4B2
- Brand 500, #808896
- Brand 600, #666E7B
- Brand 700, #4E5662
- Brand 800, #3A404B
- Brand 900, #262C35
- Brand 950, #141820
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F747B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3C4047
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E8A851
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #B6BFCE
Lighter and darker versions of #B6BFCE.