#BBBCB6#BBBCB6

#BBBCB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.008 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCB6
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(70, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -1.45, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 3.25, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0034 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.008 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9189, 49.9087, 51.4085)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCB6 #B7B6BC

analogous

#BCBAB6 #BBBCB6 #B8BCB6

triadic

#BBBCB6 #B6BBBC #BCB6BB

tetradic

#BBBCB6 #B6BCBA #B7B6BC #BCB6B8

square

#BBBCB6 #B6BCBA #B7B6BC #BCB6B8

split-complementary

#BBBCB6 #B6B8BC #BAB6BC

monochromatic

#7F8176 #9D9F96 #BBBCB6 #D9D9D6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBBCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCB6

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCB6	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.008 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cb',
    500: '#bbbcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcb6;
$custom-light: #cfd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79269,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCB6

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#578E60

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCB6

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

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