#B9BEBC#B9BEBC

#B9BEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.006 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEBC
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(156, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(156, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -2.11, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 2.15, 169.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0061 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.006 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4965, 50.7719, 54.8649)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEBC #BEB9BB

analogous

#B9BEB9 #B9BEBC #B9BDBE

triadic

#B9BEBC #BCB9BE #BEBCB9

tetradic

#B9BEBC #B9B9BE #BEB9BB #BDBEB9

square

#B9BEBC #B9B9BE #BEB9BB #BDBEB9

split-complementary

#B9BEBC #BEB9BD #BEB9B9

monochromatic

#7A837F #99A19E #B9BEBC #D9DBDA #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B9BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEBC

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEBC	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)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.006 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d0',
    500: '#b9bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bebc;
$custom-light: #ced1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79697,
    "c": 0.00621,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEBC

secondary

#918B8D

accent

#586D8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEBC

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

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