#BBB8BD#BBB8BD

#BBB8BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.008 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8BD
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, 1.98, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 2.93, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0052 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.008 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8178, 48.5200, 55.0331)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8BD #BABDB8

analogous

#B8B8BD #BBB8BD #BDB8BC

triadic

#BBB8BD #BDBBB8 #B8BDBB

tetradic

#BBB8BD #BDB8B8 #BABDB8 #B8BCBD

square

#BBB8BD #BDB8B8 #BABDB8 #B8BCBD

split-complementary

#BBB8BD #BCBDB8 #B8BDB8

monochromatic

#7E7982 #9D98A0 #BBB8BD #D9D8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8BD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8BD	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)

#B7B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.008 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdd0',
    500: '#bbb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8bd;
$custom-light: #cfcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78653,
    "c": 0.00772,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8D586D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8BD

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

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