#B9BEBD#B9BEBD

#B9BEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.006 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEBD
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(168, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -1.92, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 1.92, 183.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0057 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.006 183)
XYZ	xyz(47.6047, 50.8151, 55.4346)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEBD #BEB9BA

analogous

#B9BEBA #B9BEBD #B9BCBE

triadic

#B9BEBD #BDB9BE #BEBDB9

tetradic

#B9BEBD #BAB9BE #BEB9BA #BCBEB9

square

#B9BEBD #BAB9BE #BEB9BA #BCBEB9

split-complementary

#B9BEBD #BEB9BC #BEBAB9

monochromatic

#7A8381 #99A19F #B9BEBD #D9DBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B9BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEBD

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEBD	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.006 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d0',
    500: '#b9bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bebd;
$custom-light: #ced1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.00573,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.50815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEBD

secondary

#918B8C

accent

#58638E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEBD

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

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