#BBB3BE#BBB3BE

#BBB3BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.018 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3BE
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 4.87, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 6.67, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.013 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.018 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9064, 46.5229, 55.2666)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3BE #B6BEB3

analogous

#B6B3BE #BBB3BE #BEB3BC

triadic

#BBB3BE #BEBBB3 #B3BEBB

tetradic

#BBB3BE #BEB6B3 #B6BEB3 #B3BCBE

square

#BBB3BE #BEB6B3 #B6BEB3 #B3BCBE

split-complementary

#BBB3BE #BCBEB3 #B3BEB6

monochromatic

#807285 #9D92A2 #BBB3BE #D9D4DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3BE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3BE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.018 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d1',
    500: '#bbb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3be;
$custom-light: #cfc9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77669,
    "c": 0.01776,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#925465

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3BE

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

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