#B9BEBF#B9BEBF

#B9BEBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.006 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEBF
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(190, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -1.54, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 1.90, 215.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0049 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.006 211)
XYZ	xyz(47.8233, 50.9026, 56.5858)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEBF #BFBAB9

analogous

#B9BFBD #B9BEBF #B9BBBF

triadic

#B9BEBF #BFB9BE #BEBFB9

tetradic

#B9BEBF #BDB9BF #BFBAB9 #BBBFB9

square

#B9BEBF #BDB9BF #BFBAB9 #BBBFB9

split-complementary

#B9BEBF #BFB9BB #BFBDB9

monochromatic

#798384 #99A0A2 #B9BEBF #D9DCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B9BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEBF

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEBF	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.006 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d2',
    500: '#b9bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bebf;
$custom-light: #ced1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79786,
    "c": 0.00576,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.50903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEBF

secondary

#928C8B

accent

#60578E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEBF

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

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