#BBB5BF#BBB5BF

#BBB5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.015 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5BF
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(276, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 3.98, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 5.86, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.0104 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.015 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4198, 47.3742, 55.9788)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5BF #B9BFB5

analogous

#B6B5BF #BBB5BF #BFB5BE

triadic

#BBB5BF #BFBBB5 #B5BFBB

tetradic

#BBB5BF #BFB6B5 #B9BFB5 #B5BEBF

square

#BBB5BF #BFB6B5 #B9BFB5 #B5BEBF

split-complementary

#BBB5BF #BEBFB5 #B5BFB6

monochromatic

#7F7486 #9D94A3 #BBB5BF #D9D6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5BF

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5BF	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.015 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd2',
    500: '#bbb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5bf;
$custom-light: #cfcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78104,
    "c": 0.01546,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#91546D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5BF

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

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