#BEB8B4#BEB8B4

#BEB8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.009 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8B4
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(24, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(24, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 1.39, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 3.11, 63.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0049 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.009 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6128, 48.5237, 50.0816)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8B4 #B4BABE

analogous

#BEB4B5 #BEB8B4 #BEBDB4

triadic

#BEB8B4 #B4BEB8 #B8B4BE

tetradic

#BEB8B4 #B5BEB4 #B4BABE #BDB4BE

square

#BEB8B4 #B5BEB4 #B4BABE #BDB4BE

split-complementary

#BEB8B4 #B4BEBD #B4B5BE

monochromatic

#857A73 #A29993 #BEB8B4 #DAD7D5 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BEB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8B4

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8B4	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.009 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdca',
    500: '#beb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8b4;
$custom-light: #d1cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78635,
    "c": 0.00884,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8B4

secondary

#E4E6E7

accent

#799154

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8B4

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

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