#B9BFBF#B9BFBF

#B9BFBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BFBF
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -2.07, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 2.20, 199.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0064 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(48.0406, 51.3372, 56.6583)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BFBF #BFB9B9

analogous

#B9BFBC #B9BFBF #B9BCBF

triadic

#B9BFBF #BFB9BF #BFBFB9

tetradic

#B9BFBF #BCB9BF #BFB9B9 #BCBFB9

square

#B9BFBF #BCB9BF #BFB9B9 #BCBFB9

split-complementary

#B9BFBF #BFB9BC #BFBCB9

monochromatic

#798484 #99A2A2 #B9BFBF #D9DCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#B9BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BFBF

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BFBF	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2d2',
    500: '#b9bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bfbf;
$custom-light: #ced2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79993,
    "c": 0.00667,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.51337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BFBF

secondary

#928B8B

accent

#57578E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BFBF

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

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