#B4BEBD#B4BEBD

#B4BEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.011 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BEBD
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(174, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -3.64, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 3.70, 190.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.011 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.011 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4193, 50.2039, 55.3790)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BEBD #BEB4B5

analogous

#B4BEB8 #B4BEBD #B4BABE

triadic

#B4BEBD #BDB4BE #BEBDB4

tetradic

#B4BEBD #B8B4BE #BEB4B5 #BABEB4

square

#B4BEBD #B8B4BE #BEB4B5 #BABEB4

split-complementary

#B4BEBD #BEB4BA #BEB8B4

monochromatic

#738583 #93A2A0 #B4BEBD #D5DADA #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B4BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B4BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BEBD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BEBD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.011 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1d0',
    500: '#b4bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bebd;
$custom-light: #cad1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.01117,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BEBD

secondary

#918586

accent

#545A91

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BEBD

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

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