#B9BEBE#B9BEBE

#B9BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.006 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEBE
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -1.73, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 1.83, 199.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0053 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.006 197)
XYZ	xyz(47.7136, 50.8587, 56.0082)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEBE #BEB9B9

analogous

#B9BEBB #B9BEBE #B9BBBE

triadic

#B9BEBE #BEB9BE #BEBEB9

tetradic

#B9BEBE #BBB9BE #BEB9B9 #BBBEB9

square

#B9BEBE #BBB9BE #BEB9B9 #BBBEB9

split-complementary

#B9BEBE #BEB9BB #BEBBB9

monochromatic

#7A8383 #99A1A1 #B9BEBE #D9DBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B9BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEBE

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEBE	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.006 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d1',
    500: '#b9bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bebe;
$custom-light: #ced1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79756,
    "c": 0.00557,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.50859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEBE

secondary

#918B8B

accent

#58588E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEBE

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

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