#BBB3BA#BBB3BA

#BBB3BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.013 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3BA
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(308, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(308, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 4.12, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 4.84, 328.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0114 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.013 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4752, 46.3504, 52.9957)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3BA #B3BBB4

analogous

#B8B3BB #BBB3BA #BBB3B6

triadic

#BBB3BA #BABBB3 #B3BABB

tetradic

#BBB3BA #BBB8B3 #B3BBB4 #B3B6BB

square

#BBB3BA #BBB8B3 #B3BBB4 #B3B6BB

split-complementary

#BBB3BA #B6BBB3 #B3BBB8

monochromatic

#81737F #9E939D #BBB3BA #D8D3D7 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBB3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3BA

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3BA	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.013 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9ce',
    500: '#bbb3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3ba;
$custom-light: #cfc9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77545,
    "c": 0.01326,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3BA

secondary

#E4E6E4

accent

#8F5D56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3BA

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

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