#BEBBB9#BEBBB9

#BEBBB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.004 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBBB9
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(24, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(24, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, 0.69, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 1.54, 63.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0024 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.004 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7612, 49.9907, 53.0226)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBBB9 #B9BCBE

analogous

#BEB9B9 #BEBBB9 #BEBDB9

triadic

#BEBBB9 #B9BEBB #BBB9BE

tetradic

#BEBBB9 #B9BEB9 #B9BCBE #BDB9BE

square

#BEBBB9 #B9BEB9 #B9BCBE #BDB9BE

split-complementary

#BEBBB9 #B9BEBD #B9B9BE

monochromatic

#837D7A #A19C99 #BEBBB9 #DBDAD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BEBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BEBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBBB9

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBBB9	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.004 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfce',
    500: '#bebbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebbb9;
$custom-light: #d1cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.00441,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBBB9

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#788E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBBB9

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

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