#BBB5BA#BBB5BA

#BBB5BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.010 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5BA
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(310, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(310, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, 3.03, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 3.52, 329.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.0085 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.01 331)
XYZ	xyz(45.8789, 47.1579, 53.1303)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5BA #B5BBB6

analogous

#B9B5BB #BBB5BA #BBB5B7

triadic

#BBB5BA #BABBB5 #B5BABB

tetradic

#BBB5BA #BBB9B5 #B5BBB6 #B5B7BB

square

#BBB5BA #BBB9B5 #B5BBB6 #B5B7BB

split-complementary

#BBB5BA #B7BBB5 #B5BBB9

monochromatic

#80767E #9E959C #BBB5BA #D8D5D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5BA

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5BA	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.010 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbce',
    500: '#bbb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ba;
$custom-light: #cfcbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77951,
    "c": 0.00967,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.47158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5BA

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E6157

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5BA

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

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