#BBBCB3#BBBCB3

#BBBCB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.013 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCB3
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(67, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -1.99, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 4.85, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0047 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.013 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6122, 49.7860, 49.7931)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCB3 #B4B3BC

analogous

#BCB9B3 #BBBCB3 #B7BCB3

triadic

#BBBCB3 #B3BBBC #BCB3BB

tetradic

#BBBCB3 #B3BCB9 #B4B3BC #BCB3B7

square

#BBBCB3 #B3BCB9 #B4B3BC #BCB3B7

split-complementary

#BBBCB3 #B3B7BC #B9B3BC

monochromatic

#808273 #9E9F92 #BBBCB3 #D8D9D4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCB3

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCB3	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.013 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c9',
    500: '#bbbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcb3;
$custom-light: #cfd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79185,
    "c": 0.01253,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCB3

secondary

#E5E4E7

accent

#55905C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCB3

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

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