#B9BBB2#B9BBB2

#B9BBB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.013 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBB2
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(73, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(73, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -2.34, 4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 4.90, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0057 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.013 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8126, 49.0693, 49.1687)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBB2 #B4B2BB

analogous

#BBB9B2 #B9BBB2 #B5BBB2

triadic

#B9BBB2 #B2B9BB #BBB2B9

tetradic

#B9BBB2 #B2BBB9 #B4B2BB #BBB2B5

square

#B9BBB2 #B2BBB9 #B4B2BB #BBB2B5

split-complementary

#B9BBB2 #B2B5BB #B9B2BB

monochromatic

#7D8172 #9B9E92 #B9BBB2 #D7D8D3 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B9BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#B9BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBB2

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBB2	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)

#BCBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.013 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfc9',
    500: '#b9bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbb2;
$custom-light: #cecfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78789,
    "c": 0.01269,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBB2

secondary

#E4E3E6

accent

#559062

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBB2

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

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