#BBBAB9#BBBAB9

#BBBAB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.002 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAB9
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(30, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(30, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 0.17, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 0.65, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0007 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.002 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8080, 49.1855, 52.9173)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAB9 #B9BABB

analogous

#BBB9B9 #BBBAB9 #BBBBB9

triadic

#BBBAB9 #B9BBBA #BAB9BB

tetradic

#BBBAB9 #B9BBB9 #B9BABB #BBB9BB

square

#BBBAB9 #B9BBB9 #B9BABB #BBB9BB

split-complementary

#BBBAB9 #B9BBBB #B9B9BB

monochromatic

#7F7D7B #9D9B9A #BBBAB9 #D9D9D8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAB9

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAB9	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.002 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcece',
    500: '#bbbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbab9;
$custom-light: #cfcece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78943,
    "c": 0.0018,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAB9

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#738B5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAB9

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

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