#BBBAB8#BBBAB8

#BBBAB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.003 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAB8
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(40, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -0.02, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 1.13, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% 0.0003 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.003 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7028, 49.1434, 52.3633)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAB8 #B8B9BB

analogous

#BBB8B8 #BBBAB8 #BABBB8

triadic

#BBBAB8 #B8BBBA #BAB8BB

tetradic

#BBBAB8 #B8BBB8 #B8B9BB #BBB8BA

square

#BBBAB8 #B8BBB8 #B8B9BB #BBB8BA

split-complementary

#BBBAB8 #B8BABB #B8B8BB

monochromatic

#7F7D7A #9D9C99 #BBBAB8 #D9D8D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBBAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAB8

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAB8	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)

#BBBAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.003 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcecd',
    500: '#bbbab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbab8;
$custom-light: #cfcecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 2.158,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78914,
    "c": 0.00301,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAB8

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#6A8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAB8

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

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