#B8BEBD#B8BEBD

#B8BEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.007 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BEBD
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(170, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -2.26, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 2.27, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0068 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.007 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3642, 50.6911, 55.4233)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BEBD #BEB8B9

analogous

#B8BEBA #B8BEBD #B8BCBE

triadic

#B8BEBD #BDB8BE #BEBDB8

tetradic

#B8BEBD #BAB8BE #BEB8B9 #BCBEB8

square

#B8BEBD #BAB8BE #BEB8B9 #BCBEB8

split-complementary

#B8BEBD #BEB8BC #BEBAB8

monochromatic

#788381 #98A19F #B8BEBD #D8DBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B8BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B8BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BEBD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BEBD	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.007 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd1d0',
    500: '#b8bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bebd;
$custom-light: #cdd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79649,
    "c": 0.00681,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BEBD

secondary

#918A8B

accent

#57608E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BEBD

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

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