#B9BBBE#B9BBBE

#B9BBBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.005 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBBE
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(216, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -0.13, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 1.76, 265.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.001 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.005 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0705, 49.5725, 55.7939)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBBE #BEBCB9

analogous

#B9BDBE #B9BBBE #B9B9BE

triadic

#B9BBBE #BEB9BB #BBBEB9

tetradic

#B9BBBE #BEB9BD #BEBCB9 #B9BEB9

square

#B9BBBE #BEB9BD #BEBCB9 #B9BEB9

split-complementary

#B9BBBE #BEB9B9 #BDBEB9

monochromatic

#7A7D83 #999CA1 #B9BBBE #D9DADB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B9BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBBE

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBBE	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.005 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd1',
    500: '#b9bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbbe;
$custom-light: #cecfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79137,
    "c": 0.00478,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBBE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#78588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBBE

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

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