#BBBBC5#BBBBC5

#BBBBC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.014 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBC5
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 1.90, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 5.38, 290.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0039 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.014 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3400, 50.1365, 59.9431)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBC5 #C5C5BB

analogous

#BBC0C5 #BBBBC5 #C0BBC5

triadic

#BBBBC5 #C5BBBB #BBC5BB

tetradic

#BBBBC5 #C5BBC0 #C5C5BB #BBC5C0

square

#BBBBC5 #C5BBC0 #C5C5BB #BBC5C0

split-complementary

#BBBBC5 #C5C0BB #C0C5BB

monochromatic

#79798D #9A9AA9 #BBBBC5 #DCDCE1 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBC5

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBC5	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BCC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.014 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfd6',
    500: '#bbbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbc5;
$custom-light: #cfcfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79511,
    "c": 0.01398,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBC5

secondary

#98988C

accent

#925492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBC5

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

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