#BBB4BE#BBB4BE

#BBB4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.016 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4BE
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(282, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 4.33, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 6.02, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0115 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.016 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1075, 46.9252, 55.3337)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4BE #B7BEB4

analogous

#B6B4BE #BBB4BE #BEB4BC

triadic

#BBB4BE #BEBBB4 #B4BEBB

tetradic

#BBB4BE #BEB6B4 #B7BEB4 #B4BCBE

square

#BBB4BE #BEB6B4 #B7BEB4 #B4BCBE

split-complementary

#BBB4BE #BCBEB4 #B4BEB6

monochromatic

#7F7385 #9D93A2 #BBB4BE #D9D5DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4BE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4BE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.016 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcad1',
    500: '#bbb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4be;
$custom-light: #cfcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77871,
    "c": 0.01598,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#915467

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4BE

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

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