#BBBAB7#BBBAB7

#BBBAB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.004 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAB7
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 183)
HSL	hsl(45, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -0.20, 1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 1.65, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0001 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.004 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5983, 49.1016, 51.8132)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAB7 #B7B8BB

analogous

#BBB8B7 #BBBAB7 #BABBB7

triadic

#BBBAB7 #B7BBBA #BAB7BB

tetradic

#BBBAB7 #B7BBB8 #B7B8BB #BBB7BA

square

#BBBAB7 #B7BBB8 #B7B8BB #BBB7BA

split-complementary

#BBBAB7 #B7BABB #B8B7BB

monochromatic

#7F7E78 #9D9C98 #BBBAB7 #D9D8D6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBBAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAB7

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAB7	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.004 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcecc',
    500: '#bbbab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbab7;
$custom-light: #cfcecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78885,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAB7

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#668D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAB7

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

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