#BBB9BC#BBB9BC

#BBB9BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9BC
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 1.26, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 1.79, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0033 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9181, 48.8936, 54.5329)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9BC #BABCB9

analogous

#B9B9BC #BBB9BC #BCB9BB

triadic

#BBB9BC #BCBBB9 #B9BCBB

tetradic

#BBB9BC #BCB9B9 #BABCB9 #B9BBBC

square

#BBB9BC #BCB9B9 #BABCB9 #B9BBBC

split-complementary

#BBB9BC #BBBCB9 #B9BCB9

monochromatic

#7E7B80 #9D9A9E #BBB9BC #D9D8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9BC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9BC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced0',
    500: '#bbb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9bc;
$custom-light: #cfced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78827,
    "c": 0.00472,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9BC

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

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