#BBBCB1#BBBCB1

#BBBCB1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.015 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCB1
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(65, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -2.34, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 5.92, 113.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0055 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.015 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4114, 49.7057, 48.7356)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCB1 #B2B1BC

analogous

#BCB8B1 #BBBCB1 #B6BCB1

triadic

#BBBCB1 #B1BBBC #BCB1BB

tetradic

#BBBCB1 #B1BCB8 #B2B1BC #BCB1B6

square

#BBBCB1 #B1BCB8 #B2B1BC #BCB1B6

split-complementary

#BBBCB1 #B1B6BC #B8B1BC

monochromatic

#818370 #9EA090 #BBBCB1 #D8D8D2 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BBBCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCB1

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCB1	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.015 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c8',
    500: '#bbbcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcb1;
$custom-light: #cfd0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79129,
    "c": 0.01528,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCB1

secondary

#E3E3E6

accent

#54925A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCB1

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

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