#B9BBBB#B9BBBB

#B9BBBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBBB
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -0.70, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 0.74, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0021 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7460, 49.4427, 54.0848)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBBB #BBB9B9

analogous

#B9BBBA #B9BBBB #B9BABB

triadic

#B9BBBB #BBB9BB #BBBBB9

tetradic

#B9BBBB #BAB9BB #BBB9B9 #BABBB9

square

#B9BBBB #BAB9BB #BBB9B9 #BABBB9

split-complementary

#B9BBBB #BBB9BA #BBBAB9

monochromatic

#7B7F7F #9A9D9D #B9BBBB #D8D9D9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B9BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B9BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBBB

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBBB	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfcf',
    500: '#b9bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbbb;
$custom-light: #cecfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79048,
    "c": 0.00224,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBBB

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5A5A8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBBB

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

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