#BEB8BF#BEB8BF

#BEB8BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.012 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB8BF
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(291, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 3.40, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 4.39, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0092 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.012 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7782, 48.9899, 56.2191)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB8BF #B9BFB8

analogous

#BAB8BF #BEB8BF #BFB8BC

triadic

#BEB8BF #BFBEB8 #B8BFBE

tetradic

#BEB8BF #BFBAB8 #B9BFB8 #B8BCBF

square

#BEB8BF #BFBAB8 #B9BFB8 #B8BCBF

split-complementary

#BEB8BF #BCBFB8 #B8BFBA

monochromatic

#837885 #A198A2 #BEB8BF #DBD8DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BEB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BEB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB8BF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB8BF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.012 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdd2',
    500: '#beb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb8bf;
$custom-light: #d1cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78959,
    "c": 0.0118,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB8BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F565F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB8BF

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

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