#BEBDB9#BEBDB9

#BEBDB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.006 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBDB9
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(48, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -0.38, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 2.17, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0005 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.006 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1884, 50.8452, 53.1650)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBDB9 #B9BABE

analogous

#BEBAB9 #BEBDB9 #BCBEB9

triadic

#BEBDB9 #B9BEBD #BDB9BE

tetradic

#BEBDB9 #B9BEBA #B9BABE #BEB9BC

square

#BEBDB9 #B9BEBA #B9BABE #BEB9BC

split-complementary

#BEBDB9 #B9BCBE #BAB9BE

monochromatic

#83817A #A19F99 #BEBDB9 #DBDBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BEBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BEBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBDB9

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBDB9	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.006 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ce',
    500: '#bebdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebdb9;
$custom-light: #d1d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79802,
    "c": 0.00567,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBDB9

secondary

#8B8C91

accent

#638E58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBDB9

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

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