#B9BCBC#B9BCBC

#B9BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.003 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCBC
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -1.04, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 1.10, 199.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0032 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.003 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0663, 49.9114, 54.7215)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCBC #BCB9B9

analogous

#B9BCBA #B9BCBC #B9BABC

triadic

#B9BCBC #BCB9BC #BCBCB9

tetradic

#B9BCBC #BAB9BC #BCB9B9 #BABCB9

square

#B9BCBC #BAB9BC #BCB9B9 #BABCB9

split-complementary

#B9BCBC #BCB9BA #BCBAB9

monochromatic

#7B8080 #9A9E9E #B9BCBC #D8DADA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B9BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCBC

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCBC	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.003 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d0',
    500: '#b9bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcbc;
$custom-light: #ced0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.00336,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCBC

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5A5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCBC

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

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