#BBBCB5#BBBCB5

#BBBCB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.010 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCB5
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(69, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -1.63, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 3.78, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0038 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.01 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8159, 49.8675, 50.8661)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCB5 #B6B5BC

analogous

#BCBAB5 #BBBCB5 #B8BCB5

triadic

#BBBCB5 #B5BBBC #BCB5BB

tetradic

#BBBCB5 #B5BCBA #B6B5BC #BCB5B8

square

#BBBCB5 #B5BCBA #B6B5BC #BCB5B8

split-complementary

#BBBCB5 #B5B8BC #BAB5BC

monochromatic

#808175 #9D9F95 #BBBCB5 #D9D9D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCB5

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCB5	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.010 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cb',
    500: '#bbbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcb5;
$custom-light: #cfd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79241,
    "c": 0.00977,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCB5

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#578F5F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCB5

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

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