#B1BDBE#B1BDBE

#B1BDBE is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.013 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BDBE
RGB	rgb(177, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(185, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -3.93, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 4.38, 206.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0123 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.013 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6214, 49.4595, 55.8483)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BDBE #BEB2B1

analogous

#B1BEB9 #B1BDBE #B1B7BE

triadic

#B1BDBE #BEB1BD #BDBEB1

tetradic

#B1BDBE #B9B1BE #BEB2B1 #B7BEB1

square

#B1BDBE #B9B1BE #BEB2B1 #B7BEB1

split-complementary

#B1BDBE #BEB1B7 #BEB9B1

monochromatic

#6F8485 #90A1A2 #B1BDBE #D2D9DA #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B1BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B1BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BDBE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BDBE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.013 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d0d1',
    500: '#b1bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bdbe;
$custom-light: #c8d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.01338,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BDBE

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#575293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BDBE

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

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