#B9BBC2#B9BBC2

#B9BBC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.010 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBC2
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(227, 7%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(227, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, 0.64, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 3.82, 279.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0006 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.01 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5137, 49.7498, 58.1280)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBC2 #C2C0B9

analogous

#B9C0C2 #B9BBC2 #BCB9C2

triadic

#B9BBC2 #C2B9BB #BBC2B9

tetradic

#B9BBC2 #C2B9C0 #C2C0B9 #B9C2BC

square

#B9BBC2 #C2B9C0 #C2C0B9 #B9C2BC

split-complementary

#B9BBC2 #C2BCB9 #C0C2B9

monochromatic

#787B89 #989BA6 #B9BBC2 #DADBDE #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B9BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBC2

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBC2	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.010 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfd4',
    500: '#b9bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbc2;
$custom-light: #cecfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 6.87,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79259,
    "c": 0.01008,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBC2

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#835591

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBC2

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

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