#BBBCB8#BBBCB8

#BBBCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.006 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCB8
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(75, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(75, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -1.08, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 2.18, 119.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0026 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.006 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1271, 49.9919, 52.5048)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCB8 #B9B8BC

analogous

#BCBBB8 #BBBCB8 #B9BCB8

triadic

#BBBCB8 #B8BBBC #BCB8BB

tetradic

#BBBCB8 #B8BCBB #B9B8BC #BCB8B9

square

#BBBCB8 #B8BCBB #B9B8BC #BCB8B9

split-complementary

#BBBCB8 #B8B9BC #BBB8BC

monochromatic

#7F8079 #9D9E99 #BBBCB8 #D9DAD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BBBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCB8

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCB8	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.006 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cd',
    500: '#bbbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcb8;
$custom-light: #cfd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79326,
    "c": 0.00566,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCB8

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#598D66

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCB8

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

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