#BBB9BE#BBB9BE

#BBB9BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.007 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9BE
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 1.63, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 2.80, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0041 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.007 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1352, 48.9804, 55.6762)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9BE #BCBEB9

analogous

#B9B9BE #BBB9BE #BDB9BE

triadic

#BBB9BE #BEBBB9 #B9BEBB

tetradic

#BBB9BE #BEB9B9 #BCBEB9 #B9BEBD

square

#BBB9BE #BEB9B9 #BCBEB9 #B9BEBD

split-complementary

#BBB9BE #BEBDB9 #B9BEB9

monochromatic

#7D7A83 #9C99A1 #BBB9BE #DAD9DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9BE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9BE	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.007 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced1',
    500: '#bbb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9be;
$custom-light: #cfced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.00731,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9BE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8E5878

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9BE

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

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