#BBB7BD#BBB7BD

#BBB7BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.009 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7BD
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 2.52, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 3.57, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% 0.0067 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.009 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6108, 48.1060, 54.9641)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7BD #B9BDB7

analogous

#B8B7BD #BBB7BD #BDB7BC

triadic

#BBB7BD #BDBBB7 #B7BDBB

tetradic

#BBB7BD #BDB8B7 #B9BDB7 #B7BCBD

square

#BBB7BD #BDB8B7 #B9BDB7 #B7BCBD

split-complementary

#BBB7BD #BCBDB7 #B7BDB8

monochromatic

#7F7782 #9D97A0 #BBB7BD #D9D7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBB7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7BD

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7BD	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.009 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccd0',
    500: '#bbb7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7bd;
$custom-light: #cfccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.00946,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E576A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7BD

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

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