#BBB5BD#BBB5BD

#BBB5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5BD
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 3.60, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 4.88, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0096 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2012, 47.2868, 54.8276)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5BD #B7BDB5

analogous

#B7B5BD #BBB5BD #BDB5BB

triadic

#BBB5BD #BDBBB5 #B5BDBB

tetradic

#BBB5BD #BDB7B5 #B7BDB5 #B5BBBD

square

#BBB5BD #BDB7B5 #B7BDB5 #B5BBBD

split-complementary

#BBB5BD #BBBDB5 #B5BDB7

monochromatic

#7F7583 #9D95A0 #BBB5BD #D9D5DA #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5BD

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5BD	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd0',
    500: '#bbb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5bd;
$custom-light: #cfcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.013,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5BD

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905664

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5BD

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

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