#B9BFBE#B9BFBE

#B9BFBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.007 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFBE
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(170, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(170, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -2.26, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 2.27, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0068 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.007 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9309, 51.2934, 56.0807)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFBE #BFB9BA

analogous

#B9BFBB #B9BFBE #B9BDBF

triadic

#B9BFBE #BEB9BF #BFBEB9

tetradic

#B9BFBE #BBB9BF #BFB9BA #BDBFB9

square

#B9BFBE #BBB9BF #BFB9BA #BDBFB9

split-complementary

#B9BFBE #BFB9BD #BFBBB9

monochromatic

#798483 #99A2A0 #B9BFBE #D9DCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#B9BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFBE

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFBE	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.007 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2d1',
    500: '#b9bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfbe;
$custom-light: #ced2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.00681,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFBE

secondary

#928B8C

accent

#57608E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFBE

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

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