#BEBCB9#BEBCB9

#BEBCB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.005 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBCB9
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(36, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 0.15, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 1.77, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.001 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.005 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9741, 50.4165, 53.0935)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBCB9 #B9BBBE

analogous

#BEB9B9 #BEBCB9 #BDBEB9

triadic

#BEBCB9 #B9BEBC #BCB9BE

tetradic

#BEBCB9 #B9BEB9 #B9BBBE #BEB9BD

square

#BEBCB9 #B9BEB9 #B9BBBE #BEB9BD

split-complementary

#BEBCB9 #B9BDBE #B9B9BE

monochromatic

#837F7A #A19E99 #BEBCB9 #DBDAD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BEBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BEBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBCB9

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBCB9	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.005 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ce',
    500: '#bebcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebcb9;
$custom-light: #d1d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79596,
    "c": 0.00476,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBCB9

secondary

#8B8D91

accent

#6D8E58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBCB9

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

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