#B9BCBE#B9BCBE

#B9BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.004 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BCBE
RGB	rgb(185, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -0.67, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 1.53, 244.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0024 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.004 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2834, 49.9983, 55.8648)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BCBE #BEBBB9

analogous

#B9BEBD #B9BCBE #B9B9BE

triadic

#B9BCBE #BEB9BC #BCBEB9

tetradic

#B9BCBE #BDB9BE #BEBBB9 #B9BEB9

square

#B9BCBE #BDB9BE #BEBBB9 #B9BEB9

split-complementary

#B9BCBE #BEB9B9 #BEBDB9

monochromatic

#7A7F83 #999EA1 #B9BCBE #D9DADB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#B9BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BCBE

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BCBE	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.004 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0d1',
    500: '#b9bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bcbe;
$custom-light: #ced0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79343,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BCBE

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#6D588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BCBE

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

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