#B9BABC#B9BABC

#B9BABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.003 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BABC
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(220, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 0.03, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 1.13, 271.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0003 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.003 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6420, 49.0629, 54.5801)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BABC #BCBBB9

analogous

#B9BBBC #B9BABC #B9B9BC

triadic

#B9BABC #BCB9BA #BABCB9

tetradic

#B9BABC #BCB9BB #BCBBB9 #B9BCB9

square

#B9BABC #BCB9BB #BCBBB9 #B9BCB9

split-complementary

#B9BABC #BCB9B9 #BBBCB9

monochromatic

#7B7C80 #9A9B9E #B9BABC #D8D9DA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B9BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BABC

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BABC	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.003 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced0',
    500: '#b9babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9babc;
$custom-light: #ceced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78871,
    "c": 0.00302,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BABC

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#7B5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BABC

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

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