#BBB5BE#BBB5BE

#BBB5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.014 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5BE
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 3.79, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 5.37, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.01 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.014 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3101, 47.3304, 55.4012)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5BE #B8BEB5

analogous

#B6B5BE #BBB5BE #BEB5BC

triadic

#BBB5BE #BEBBB5 #B5BEBB

tetradic

#BBB5BE #BEB6B5 #B8BEB5 #B5BCBE

square

#BBB5BE #BEB6B5 #B8BEB5 #B5BCBE

split-complementary

#BBB5BE #BCBEB5 #B5BEB6

monochromatic

#7F7484 #9D94A1 #BBB5BE #D9D6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5BE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5BE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.014 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd1',
    500: '#bbb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5be;
$custom-light: #cfcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78073,
    "c": 0.01421,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905569

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5BE

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

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