#B9BFBC#B9BFBC

#B9BFBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.008 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFBC
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(150, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(150, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -2.64, 0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 2.75, 163.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0076 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.008 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7138, 51.2065, 54.9373)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFBC #BFB9BC

analogous

#B9BFB9 #B9BFBC #B9BFBF

triadic

#B9BFBC #BCB9BF #BFBCB9

tetradic

#B9BFBC #B9B9BF #BFB9BC #BFBFB9

square

#B9BFBC #B9B9BF #BFB9BC #BFBFB9

split-complementary

#B9BFBC #BFB9BF #BFB9B9

monochromatic

#79847F #99A29D #B9BFBC #D9DCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B9BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFBC

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFBC	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.008 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2d0',
    500: '#b9bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfbc;
$custom-light: #ced2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79905,
    "c": 0.00784,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFBC

secondary

#928B8E

accent

#57738E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFBC

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

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