#BBB8BA#BBB8BA

#BBB8BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.004 H 337.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8BA
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 1.42, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 1.56, 335.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.004 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.004 337.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4955, 48.3910, 53.3358)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8BA #B8BBB9

analogous

#BAB8BB #BBB8BA #BBB8B8

triadic

#BBB8BA #BABBB8 #B8BABB

tetradic

#BBB8BA #BBBAB8 #B8BBB9 #B8B8BB

square

#BBB8BA #BBBAB8 #B8BBB9 #B8B8BB

split-complementary

#BBB8BA #B8BBB8 #B8BBBA

monochromatic

#7F7A7D #9D999C #BBB8BA #D9D7D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8BA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8BA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.004 337.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdce',
    500: '#bbb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ba;
$custom-light: #cfcdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 2.158,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78563,
    "c": 0.00436,
    "h": 337.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8BA

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C6A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8BA

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

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