#B9BFBD#B9BFBD

#B9BFBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFBD
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(160, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(160, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -2.45, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 2.47, 173.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0072 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8220, 51.2498, 55.5070)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFBD #BFB9BB

analogous

#B9BFBA #B9BFBD #B9BEBF

triadic

#B9BFBD #BDB9BF #BFBDB9

tetradic

#B9BFBD #BAB9BF #BFB9BB #BEBFB9

square

#B9BFBD #BAB9BF #BFB9BB #BEBFB9

split-complementary

#B9BFBD #BFB9BE #BFBAB9

monochromatic

#798481 #99A29F #B9BFBD #D9DCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#B9BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFBD

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFBD	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2d0',
    500: '#b9bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfbd;
$custom-light: #ced2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79934,
    "c": 0.00721,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFBD

secondary

#928B8D

accent

#576A8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFBD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →