#BEB8B8#BEB8B8

#BEB8B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8B8
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 2.11, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 2.24, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0065 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0262, 48.6891, 52.2586)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8B8 #B8BEBE

analogous

#BEB8BB #BEB8B8 #BEBBB8

triadic

#BEB8B8 #B8BEB8 #B8B8BE

tetradic

#BEB8B8 #BBBEB8 #B8BEBE #BBB8BE

square

#BEB8B8 #BBBEB8 #B8BEBE #BBB8BE

split-complementary

#BEB8B8 #B8BEBB #B8BBBE

monochromatic

#837878 #A19898 #BEB8B8 #DBD8D8 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BEB8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BEB8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8B8

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8B8	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdcd',
    500: '#beb8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8b8;
$custom-light: #d1cdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7875,
    "c": 0.0068,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8B8

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8E8E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8B8

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

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