#BEB5BE#BEB5BE

#BEB5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.016 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB5BE
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, 4.83, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 5.92, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% 0.0133 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.016 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0519, 47.7129, 55.4360)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB5BE #B5BEB5

analogous

#B9B5BE #BEB5BE #BEB5B9

triadic

#BEB5BE #BEBEB5 #B5BEBE

tetradic

#BEB5BE #BEB9B5 #B5BEB5 #B5B9BE

square

#BEB5BE #BEB9B5 #B5BEB5 #B5B9BE

split-complementary

#BEB5BE #B9BEB5 #B5BEB9

monochromatic

#847484 #A194A1 #BEB5BE #DBD6DB #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BEB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB5BE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB5BE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.016 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbd1',
    500: '#beb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb5be;
$custom-light: #d1cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78323,
    "c": 0.01606,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB5BE

secondary

#E4E7E4

accent

#905555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB5BE

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

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