#BBB2BD#BBB2BD

#BBB2BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.018 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2BD
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(289, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, 5.22, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 6.85, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0141 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.018 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5978, 46.0799, 54.6264)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2BD #B4BDB2

analogous

#B6B2BD #BBB2BD #BDB2BA

triadic

#BBB2BD #BDBBB2 #B2BDBB

tetradic

#BBB2BD #BDB6B2 #B4BDB2 #B2BABD

square

#BBB2BD #BDB6B2 #B4BDB2 #B2BABD

split-complementary

#BBB2BD #BABDB2 #B2BDB6

monochromatic

#807184 #9E91A1 #BBB2BD #D8D3D9 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2BD

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2BD	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.018 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d0',
    500: '#bbb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2bd;
$custom-light: #cfc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77435,
    "c": 0.01836,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2BD

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#92545F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2BD

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

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