#B9BBBC#B9BBBC

#B9BBBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.003 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBBC
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -0.51, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 0.91, 235.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0017 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.003 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8534, 49.4857, 54.6505)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBBC #BCBAB9

analogous

#B9BCBB #B9BBBC #B9B9BC

triadic

#B9BBBC #BCB9BB #BBBCB9

tetradic

#B9BBBC #BBB9BC #BCBAB9 #B9BCB9

square

#B9BBBC #BBB9BC #BCBAB9 #B9BCB9

split-complementary

#B9BBBC #BCB9B9 #BCBBB9

monochromatic

#7B7E80 #9A9D9E #B9BBBC #D8D9DA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B9BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#B9BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBBC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBBC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.003 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd0',
    500: '#b9bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbbc;
$custom-light: #cecfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.00266,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBBC

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#6A5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBBC

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

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