#B9C3BC

Closest named color: Silver (#C0C0C0). oklch(80.7% 0.015 155.5), rgb(185, 195, 188).

Black text reads best on this color (11.59:1).

About this color

#B9C3BC is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Silver (#C0C0C0), ΔE 0.015 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.59:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Silver (#C0C0C0)
Black text	11.59:1
White text	1.81:1

Values

HEX	#B9C3BC
RGB	rgb(185, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(138, 8%, 75%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.015 155.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #B9C3BC	1.81:1	Fails	Lc -37.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #B9C3BC	11.59:1	AAA	Lc 70.1	Content text, not long reading
#B9C3BC text on white	1.81:1	Fails	Lc 33.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#B9C3BC text on black	11.59:1	AAA	Lc -68.9	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F5

oklch(97.1% 0.002 165.1)
Step 100
100

#E8EBE8

oklch(93.7% 0.005 145.5)
Step 200
200

#D5DBD7

oklch(88.6% 0.008 157.1)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#B9C3BC

oklch(80.7% 0.015 155.5)
Step 400
400

#96A59A

oklch(70.7% 0.023 153.9)
Step 500
500

#7C8F82

oklch(63.1% 0.029 155.6)
Step 600
600

#65796B

oklch(55.6% 0.032 154.7)
Step 700
700

#536659

oklch(49% 0.031 155.2)
Step 800
800

#445349

oklch(42.6% 0.025 156)
Step 900
900

#3A453D

oklch(37.8% 0.02 153.8)
Step 950
950

#222824

oklch(26.9% 0.011 156.4)

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#B9C3BC with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C3C1BC	0.014
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C1C0BC	0.013
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#B8C3C1	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #B9C3BC, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #B9C3BC in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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