#BEB9BF#BEB9BF

#BEB9BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB9BF
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(290, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 2.86, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 3.74, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0077 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.01 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9866, 49.4068, 56.2886)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB9BF #BABFB9

analogous

#BBB9BF #BEB9BF #BFB9BD

triadic

#BEB9BF #BFBEB9 #B9BFBE

tetradic

#BEB9BF #BFBBB9 #BABFB9 #B9BDBF

square

#BEB9BF #BFBBB9 #BABFB9 #B9BDBF

split-complementary

#BEB9BF #BDBFB9 #B9BFBB

monochromatic

#837984 #A099A2 #BEB9BF #DCD9DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BEB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BEB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB9BF

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB9BF	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ced2',
    500: '#beb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb9bf;
$custom-light: #d1ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79162,
    "c": 0.01001,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB9BF

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5760

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB9BF

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

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