#BBB8BE#BBB8BE

#BBB8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.009 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8BE
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(270, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 2.17, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 3.43, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0056 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.009 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9267, 48.5635, 55.6067)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8BE #BBBEB8

analogous

#B8B8BE #BBB8BE #BEB8BE

triadic

#BBB8BE #BEBBB8 #B8BEBB

tetradic

#BBB8BE #BEB8B8 #BBBEB8 #B8BEBE

square

#BBB8BE #BEB8B8 #BBBEB8 #B8BEBE

split-complementary

#BBB8BE #BEBEB8 #B8BEB8

monochromatic

#7E7883 #9C98A1 #BBB8BE #DAD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8BE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8BE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.009 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdd1',
    500: '#bbb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8be;
$custom-light: #cfcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78683,
    "c": 0.00899,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8BE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8E5773

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8BE

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

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