#BEB8BE#BEB8BE

#BEB8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8BE
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 3.21, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 3.94, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.0088 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6685, 48.9460, 55.6415)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8BE #B8BEB8

analogous

#BBB8BE #BEB8BE #BEB8BB

triadic

#BEB8BE #BEBEB8 #B8BEBE

tetradic

#BEB8BE #BEBBB8 #B8BEB8 #B8BBBE

square

#BEB8BE #BEBBB8 #B8BEB8 #B8BBBE

split-complementary

#BEB8BE #BBBEB8 #B8BEBB

monochromatic

#837883 #A198A1 #BEB8BE #DBD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BEB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BEB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8BE

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8BE	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdd1',
    500: '#beb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8be;
$custom-light: #d1cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.01068,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8BE

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

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