#BEB9BD#BEB9BD

#BEB9BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.008 H 332.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB9BD
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(312, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(312, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 2.49, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 2.85, 330.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.007 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.008 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7680, 49.3194, 55.1373)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB9BD #B9BEBA

analogous

#BCB9BE #BEB9BD #BEB9BA

triadic

#BEB9BD #BDBEB9 #B9BDBE

tetradic

#BEB9BD #BEBCB9 #B9BEBA #B9BABE

square

#BEB9BD #BEBCB9 #B9BEBA #B9BABE

split-complementary

#BEB9BD #BABEB9 #B9BEBC

monochromatic

#837A81 #A1999F #BEB9BD #DBD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BEB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB9BD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB9BD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.008 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ced0',
    500: '#beb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb9bd;
$custom-light: #d1ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79102,
    "c": 0.00787,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB9BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E6358

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB9BD

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

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