#BBB5BC#BBB5BC

#BBB5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.012 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5BC
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(291, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 3.41, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 4.41, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0092 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.012 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0930, 47.2435, 54.2579)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5BC #B6BCB5

analogous

#B8B5BC #BBB5BC #BCB5BA

triadic

#BBB5BC #BCBBB5 #B5BCBB

tetradic

#BBB5BC #BCB8B5 #B6BCB5 #B5BABC

square

#BBB5BC #BCB8B5 #B6BCB5 #B5BABC

split-complementary

#BBB5BC #BABCB5 #B5BCB8

monochromatic

#807581 #9D959F #BBB5BC #D9D5D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5BC

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5BC	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.012 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd0',
    500: '#bbb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5bc;
$custom-light: #cfcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78012,
    "c": 0.01183,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F575F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5BC

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

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