#BBB9BA#BBB9BA

#BBB9BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.003 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9BA
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(330, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(330, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 0.88, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 0.92, 343.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0026 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.003 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7040, 48.8080, 53.4053)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9BA #B9BBBA

analogous

#BBB9BB #BBB9BA #BBB9B9

triadic

#BBB9BA #BABBB9 #B9BABB

tetradic

#BBB9BA #BBBBB9 #B9BBBA #B9B9BB

square

#BBB9BA #BBBBB9 #B9BBBA #B9B9BB

split-complementary

#BBB9BA #B9BBB9 #B9BBBB

monochromatic

#7F7B7D #9D9A9B #BBB9BA #D9D8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BBB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9BA

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9BA	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.003 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcece',
    500: '#bbb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ba;
$custom-light: #cfcece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78767,
    "c": 0.00264,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9BA

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8B735A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9BA

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

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