#BBB9BF#BBB9BF

#BBB9BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9BF
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(260, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 1.82, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 3.32, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0045 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2448, 49.0243, 56.2538)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9BF #BDBFB9

analogous

#B9BABF #BBB9BF #BEB9BF

triadic

#BBB9BF #BFBBB9 #B9BFBB

tetradic

#BBB9BF #BFB9BA #BDBFB9 #B9BFBE

square

#BBB9BF #BFB9BA #BDBFB9 #B9BFBE

split-complementary

#BBB9BF #BFBEB9 #BABFB9

monochromatic

#7D7984 #9C99A2 #BBB9BF #DAD9DC #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9BF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9BF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced2',
    500: '#bbb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9bf;
$custom-light: #cfced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78918,
    "c": 0.00865,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9BF

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8E577C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9BF

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

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