#B9BBBD#B9BBBD

#B9BBBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.004 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBBD
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(210, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -0.32, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 1.29, 255.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0014 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.004 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9616, 49.5289, 55.2202)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBBD #BDBBB9

analogous

#B9BDBD #B9BBBD #B9B9BD

triadic

#B9BBBD #BDB9BB #BBBDB9

tetradic

#B9BBBD #BDB9BD #BDBBB9 #B9BDB9

square

#B9BBBD #BDB9BD #BDBBB9 #B9BDB9

split-complementary

#B9BBBD #BDB9B9 #BDBDB9

monochromatic

#7A7E81 #999C9F #B9BBBD #D8DADB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B9BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B9BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBBD

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBBD	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.004 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd0',
    500: '#b9bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbbd;
$custom-light: #cecfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79107,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBBD

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#73598D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBBD

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

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