#BBB8BF#BBB8BF

#BBB8BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.010 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8BF
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(266, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 2.36, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 3.95, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.006 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.01 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0364, 48.6074, 56.1843)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8BF #BCBFB8

analogous

#B8B8BF #BBB8BF #BEB8BF

triadic

#BBB8BF #BFBBB8 #B8BFBB

tetradic

#BBB8BF #BFB8B8 #BCBFB8 #B8BFBE

square

#BBB8BF #BFB8B8 #BCBFB8 #B8BFBE

split-complementary

#BBB8BF #BFBEB8 #B8BFB8

monochromatic

#7D7885 #9C98A2 #BBB8BF #DAD8DC #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8BF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8BF	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.010 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdd2',
    500: '#bbb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8bf;
$custom-light: #cfcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78714,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8BF

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8F5677

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8BF

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

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