#BEB9BE#BEB9BE

#BEB9BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.009 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB9BE
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 2.67, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 3.28, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0074 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.009 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8770, 49.3629, 55.7110)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB9BE #B9BEB9

analogous

#BBB9BE #BEB9BE #BEB9BB

triadic

#BEB9BE #BEBEB9 #B9BEBE

tetradic

#BEB9BE #BEBBB9 #B9BEB9 #B9BBBE

square

#BEB9BE #BEBBB9 #B9BEB9 #B9BBBE

split-complementary

#BEB9BE #BBBEB9 #B9BEBB

monochromatic

#837A83 #A199A1 #BEB9BE #DBD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BEB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB9BE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB9BE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.009 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ced1',
    500: '#beb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb9be;
$custom-light: #d1ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79132,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB9BE

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5858

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB9BE

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

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