#BBB6BE#BBB6BE

#BBB6BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.012 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6BE
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 3.25, -3.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 4.72, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.0085 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.012 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5142, 47.7385, 55.4692)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6BE #B9BEB6

analogous

#B7B6BE #BBB6BE #BEB6BD

triadic

#BBB6BE #BEBBB6 #B6BEBB

tetradic

#BBB6BE #BEB7B6 #B9BEB6 #B6BDBE

square

#BBB6BE #BEB7B6 #B9BEB6 #B6BDBE

split-complementary

#BBB6BE #BDBEB6 #B6BEB7

monochromatic

#7F7684 #9D96A1 #BBB6BE #D9D6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BBB6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6BE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6BE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.012 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd1',
    500: '#bbb6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6be;
$custom-light: #cfcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 5.797,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.01246,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#90566C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6BE

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

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