#B9BEBB#B9BEBB

#B9BEBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.007 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEBB
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(144, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(144, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -2.29, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 2.47, 158.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0065 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.007 160)
XYZ	xyz(47.3891, 50.7289, 54.2991)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEBB #BEB9BC

analogous

#B9BEB9 #B9BEBB #B9BEBD

triadic

#B9BEBB #BBB9BE #BEBBB9

tetradic

#B9BEBB #B9B9BE #BEB9BC #BEBDB9

square

#B9BEBB #B9B9BE #BEB9BC #BEBDB9

split-complementary

#B9BEBB #BDB9BE #BEB9B9

monochromatic

#7A837D #99A19C #B9BEBB #D9DBDA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B9BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEBB

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEBB	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.007 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1cf',
    500: '#b9bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bebb;
$custom-light: #ced1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79668,
    "c": 0.00694,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.50729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEBB

secondary

#918B8E

accent

#58788E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEBB

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

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