#BBB9C2#BBB9C2

#BBB9C2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.013 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9C2
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 194)
HSL	hsl(253, 7%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 2.39, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 4.91, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0056 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.013 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5784, 49.1577, 58.0103)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9C2 #C0C2B9

analogous

#B9BCC2 #BBB9C2 #C0B9C2

triadic

#BBB9C2 #C2BBB9 #B9C2BB

tetradic

#BBB9C2 #C2B9BC #C0C2B9 #B9C2C0

square

#BBB9C2 #C2B9BC #C0C2B9 #B9C2C0

split-complementary

#BBB9C2 #C2C0B9 #BCC2B9

monochromatic

#7B7889 #9B98A6 #BBB9C2 #DBDADE #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBB9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9C2

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9C2	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BAC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.013 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfced4',
    500: '#bbb9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9c2;
$custom-light: #cfced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 6.87,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7901,
    "c": 0.01275,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#915583

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9C2

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

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