#B9BCBB#B9BCBB

#B9BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.004 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCBB
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(160, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(160, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -1.23, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 1.24, 173.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0036 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.004 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9589, 49.8685, 54.1557)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCBB #BCB9BA

analogous

#B9BCB9 #B9BCBB #B9BBBC

triadic

#B9BCBB #BBB9BC #BCBBB9

tetradic

#B9BCBB #B9B9BC #BCB9BA #BBBCB9

square

#B9BCBB #B9B9BC #BCB9BA #BBBCB9

split-complementary

#B9BCBB #BCB9BB #BCB9B9

monochromatic

#7B807E #9A9E9D #B9BCBB #D8DAD9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B9BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCBB

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCBB	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#BCBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.004 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0cf',
    500: '#b9bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcbb;
$custom-light: #ced0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79254,
    "c": 0.00362,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCBB

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5A6A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCBB

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

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