#B9BABE#B9BABE

#B9BABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.006 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BABE
RGB	rgb(185, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(228, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 0.40, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 2.18, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.0005 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.006 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8591, 49.1497, 55.7234)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BABE #BEBDB9

analogous

#B9BCBE #B9BABE #BAB9BE

triadic

#B9BABE #BEB9BA #BABEB9

tetradic

#B9BABE #BEB9BC #BEBDB9 #B9BEBA

square

#B9BABE #BEB9BC #BEBDB9 #B9BEBA

split-complementary

#B9BABE #BEBAB9 #BCBEB9

monochromatic

#7A7B83 #999BA1 #B9BABE #D9D9DB #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B9BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BABE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BABE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.006 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced1',
    500: '#b9babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9babe;
$custom-light: #ceced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78932,
    "c": 0.00572,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BABE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#83588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BABE

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

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