#BBBAB3#BBBAB3

#BBBAB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAB3
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(53, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -0.92, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 3.78, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0017 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.01 100)
XYZ	xyz(46.1879, 48.9374, 49.6517)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAB3 #B3B4BB

analogous

#BBB6B3 #BBBAB3 #B8BBB3

triadic

#BBBAB3 #B3BBBA #BAB3BB

tetradic

#BBBAB3 #B3BBB6 #B3B4BB #BBB3B8

square

#BBBAB3 #B3BBB6 #B3B4BB #BBB3B8

split-complementary

#BBBAB3 #B3B8BB #B6B3BB

monochromatic

#817F73 #9E9D93 #BBBAB3 #D8D7D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBBAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAB3

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAB3	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)

#BCB9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec9',
    500: '#bbbab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbab3;
$custom-light: #cfcec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.0098,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.48937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAB3

secondary

#E4E4E6

accent

#5D8F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAB3

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

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