#B4BEBE#B4BEBE

#B4BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.011 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BEBE
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -3.44, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 3.64, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0106 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.011 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5282, 50.2475, 55.9527)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BEBE #BEB4B4

analogous

#B4BEB9 #B4BEBE #B4B9BE

triadic

#B4BEBE #BEB4BE #BEBEB4

tetradic

#B4BEBE #B9B4BE #BEB4B4 #B9BEB4

square

#B4BEBE #B9B4BE #BEB4B4 #B9BEB4

split-complementary

#B4BEBE #BEB4B9 #BEB9B4

monochromatic

#738585 #93A2A2 #B4BEBE #D5DADA #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B4BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B4BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BEBE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BEBE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.011 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1d1',
    500: '#b4bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bebe;
$custom-light: #cad1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79371,
    "c": 0.01109,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BEBE

secondary

#918585

accent

#545491

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BEBE

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

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