#B9BEBA#B9BEBA

#B9BEBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.008 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEBA
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 186)
HSL	hsl(132, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(132, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -2.48, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 2.85, 150.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0069 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.008 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2824, 50.6862, 53.7373)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEBA #BEB9BD

analogous

#BABEB9 #B9BEBA #B9BEBC

triadic

#B9BEBA #BAB9BE #BEBAB9

tetradic

#B9BEBA #B9BABE #BEB9BD #BEBCB9

square

#B9BEBA #B9BABE #BEB9BD #BEBCB9

split-complementary

#B9BEBA #BCB9BE #BEB9BA

monochromatic

#7A837B #99A19B #B9BEBA #D9DBD9 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B9BEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B9BEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEBA

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEBA	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.008 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1ce',
    500: '#b9beba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beba;
$custom-light: #ced1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79639,
    "c": 0.00784,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEBA

secondary

#918B8F

accent

#58838E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEBA

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

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