#B9C2BB#B9C2BB

#B9C2BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.014 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C2BB
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 187)
HSL	hsl(133, 7%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(133, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -4.41, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 5.04, 151.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0123 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.014 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2674, 52.4854, 54.5919)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C2BB #C2B9C0

analogous

#BCC2B9 #B9C2BB #B9C2C0

triadic

#B9C2BB #BBB9C2 #C2BBB9

tetradic

#B9C2BB #B9BCC2 #C2B9C0 #C2C0B9

square

#B9C2BB #B9BCC2 #C2B9C0 #C2C0B9

split-complementary

#B9C2BB #C0B9C2 #C2B9BC

monochromatic

#78897B #98A69B #B9C2BB #DADEDB #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B9C2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#B9C2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C2BB

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C2BB	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.014 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced4cf',
    500: '#b9c2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c2bb;
$custom-light: #ced4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.333,
    "s": 6.87,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.805,
    "c": 0.01386,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C2BB

secondary

#958A93

accent

#558391

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFB

border

#D3D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C2BB

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

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