#BBB6BF#BBB6BF

#BBB6BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.014 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6BF
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(273, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 3.44, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 5.22, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0089 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.014 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6239, 47.7824, 56.0468)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6BF #BABFB6

analogous

#B6B6BF #BBB6BF #BFB6BE

triadic

#BBB6BF #BFBBB6 #B6BFBB

tetradic

#BBB6BF #BFB6B6 #BABFB6 #B6BEBF

square

#BBB6BF #BFB6B6 #BABFB6 #B6BEBF

split-complementary

#BBB6BF #BEBFB6 #B6BFB6

monochromatic

#7E7586 #9D95A2 #BBB6BF #D9D7DC #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBB6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6BF

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6BF	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.014 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd2',
    500: '#bbb6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6bf;
$custom-light: #cfcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 6.569,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.01372,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#90556F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6BF

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

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