#B9BFBB#B9BFBB

#B9BFBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.009 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFBB
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(140, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(140, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -2.82, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 3.10, 155.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.008 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.009 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6064, 51.1636, 54.3716)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFBB #BFB9BD

analogous

#BABFB9 #B9BFBB #B9BFBE

triadic

#B9BFBB #BBB9BF #BFBBB9

tetradic

#B9BFBB #B9BABF #BFB9BD #BFBEB9

square

#B9BFBB #B9BABF #BFB9BD #BFBEB9

split-complementary

#B9BFBB #BEB9BF #BFB9BA

monochromatic

#79847D #99A29C #B9BFBB #D9DCDA #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#B9BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFBB

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFBB	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.009 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2cf',
    500: '#b9bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfbb;
$custom-light: #ced2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79876,
    "c": 0.00865,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFBB

secondary

#928B8F

accent

#577C8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFBB

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

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