#BBBAB5#BBBAB5

#BBBAB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.007 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAB5
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -0.56, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 2.71, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0009 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.007 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3917, 49.0189, 50.7247)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAB5 #B5B6BB

analogous

#BBB7B5 #BBBAB5 #B9BBB5

triadic

#BBBAB5 #B5BBBA #BAB5BB

tetradic

#BBBAB5 #B5BBB7 #B5B6BB #BBB5B9

square

#BBBAB5 #B5BBB7 #B5B6BB #BBB5B9

split-complementary

#BBBAB5 #B5B9BB #B7B5BB

monochromatic

#807E76 #9E9C95 #BBBAB5 #D8D8D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAB5

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAB5	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)

#BBBAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.007 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcecb',
    500: '#bbbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbab5;
$custom-light: #cfcecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78828,
    "c": 0.00706,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAB5

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#618E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAB5

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

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