#B9BBBF#B9BBBF

#B9BBBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBBF
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(220, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, 0.06, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 2.26, 271.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0006 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1802, 49.6164, 56.3715)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBBF #BFBDB9

analogous

#B9BEBF #B9BBBF #BAB9BF

triadic

#B9BBBF #BFB9BB #BBBFB9

tetradic

#B9BBBF #BFB9BE #BFBDB9 #B9BFBA

square

#B9BBBF #BFB9BE #BFBDB9 #B9BFBA

split-complementary

#B9BBBF #BFBAB9 #BEBFB9

monochromatic

#797D84 #999CA2 #B9BBBF #D9DADC #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B9BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBBF

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBBF	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd2',
    500: '#b9bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbbf;
$custom-light: #cecfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79168,
    "c": 0.00605,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBBF

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#7C578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBBF

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

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