#BBB9BD#BBB9BD

#BBB9BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9BD
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 1.44, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 2.29, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0037 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0262, 48.9369, 55.1026)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9BD #BBBDB9

analogous

#B9B9BD #BBB9BD #BDB9BD

triadic

#BBB9BD #BDBBB9 #B9BDBB

tetradic

#BBB9BD #BDB9B9 #BBBDB9 #B9BDBD

square

#BBB9BD #BDB9B9 #BBBDB9 #B9BDBD

split-complementary

#BBB9BD #BDBDB9 #B9BDB9

monochromatic

#7E7A81 #9C999F #BBB9BD #DAD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9BD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9BD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced0',
    500: '#bbb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9bd;
$custom-light: #cfced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78857,
    "c": 0.00599,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9BD

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8D5973

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9BD

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

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