#B9BCBA#B9BCBA

#B9BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.004 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCBA
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(140, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(140, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -1.42, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 1.56, 155.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.004 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.004 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8522, 49.8258, 53.5939)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCBA #BCB9BB

analogous

#B9BCB9 #B9BCBA #B9BCBB

triadic

#B9BCBA #BAB9BC #BCBAB9

tetradic

#B9BCBA #B9B9BC #BCB9BB #BCBBB9

square

#B9BCBA #B9B9BC #BCB9BB #BCBBB9

split-complementary

#B9BCBA #BBB9BC #BCB9B9

monochromatic

#7B807C #9A9E9B #B9BCBA #D8DAD9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B9BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCBA

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCBA	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.004 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0ce',
    500: '#b9bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcba;
$custom-light: #ced0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCBA

secondary

#E6E5E6

accent

#5A7B8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCBA

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

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