#BBB8BC#BBB8BC

#BBB8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.006 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8BC
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(285, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, 1.79, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 2.44, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0048 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.006 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7096, 48.4767, 54.4634)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8BC #B9BCB8

analogous

#B9B8BC #BBB8BC #BCB8BB

triadic

#BBB8BC #BCBBB8 #B8BCBB

tetradic

#BBB8BC #BCB9B8 #B9BCB8 #B8BBBC

square

#BBB8BC #BCB9B8 #B9BCB8 #B8BBBC

split-complementary

#BBB8BC #BBBCB8 #B8BCB9

monochromatic

#7F7980 #9D999E #BBB8BC #D9D7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8BC

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8BC	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.006 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdd0',
    500: '#bbb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8bc;
$custom-light: #cfcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78623,
    "c": 0.00648,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D5966

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8BC

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

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