#B9BEC2#B9BEC2

#B9BEC2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEC2
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(207, 7%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(207, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -0.97, -2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 2.79, 249.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0038 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.008 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1568, 51.0360, 58.3423)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEC2 #C2BDB9

analogous

#B9C2C2 #B9BEC2 #B9BAC2

triadic

#B9BEC2 #C2B9BE #BEC2B9

tetradic

#B9BEC2 #C2B9C2 #C2BDB9 #BAC2B9

square

#B9BEC2 #C2B9C2 #C2BDB9 #BAC2B9

split-complementary

#B9BEC2 #C2B9BA #C2C2B9

monochromatic

#788189 #98A0A6 #B9BEC2 #DADCDE #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#B9BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEC2

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEC2	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1d4',
    500: '#b9bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bec2;
$custom-light: #ced1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 6.87,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79876,
    "c": 0.00794,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEC2

secondary

#958F8A

accent

#6F5591

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEC2

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

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