#B9B2BB#B9B2BB

#B9B2BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B2BB
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, 4.15, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 5.55, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0111 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8962, 45.7431, 53.4682)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B2BB #B4BBB2

analogous

#B5B2BB #B9B2BB #BBB2B9

triadic

#B9B2BB #BBB9B2 #B2BBB9

tetradic

#B9B2BB #BBB5B2 #B4BBB2 #B2B9BB

square

#B9B2BB #BBB5B2 #B4BBB2 #B2B9BB

split-complementary

#B9B2BB #B9BBB2 #B2BBB5

monochromatic

#7D7281 #9B929E #B9B2BB #D7D3D8 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#B9B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B2BB

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B2BB	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9cf',
    500: '#b9b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b2bb;
$custom-light: #cec9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77206,
    "c": 0.01482,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B2BB

secondary

#E4E6E3

accent

#905562

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B2BB

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

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