#BEBDB8#BEBDB8

#BEBDB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.007 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBDB8
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -0.56, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 2.70, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0009 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.007 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0832, 50.8032, 52.6110)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBDB8 #B8B9BE

analogous

#BEBAB8 #BEBDB8 #BCBEB8

triadic

#BEBDB8 #B8BEBD #BDB8BE

tetradic

#BEBDB8 #B8BEBA #B8B9BE #BEB8BC

square

#BEBDB8 #B8BEBA #B8B9BE #BEB8BC

split-complementary

#BEBDB8 #B8BCBE #BAB8BE

monochromatic

#838178 #A19F98 #BEBDB8 #DBDBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BEBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBDB8

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBDB8	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.007 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0cd',
    500: '#bebdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebdb8;
$custom-light: #d1d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79773,
    "c": 0.00704,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBDB8

secondary

#8A8B91

accent

#608E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBDB8

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

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