#BBBCB9#BBBCB9

#BBBCB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.004 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCB9
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(80, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(80, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -0.90, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 1.66, 122.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0023 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.004 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2323, 50.0340, 53.0588)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCB9 #BAB9BC

analogous

#BCBBB9 #BBBCB9 #B9BCB9

triadic

#BBBCB9 #B9BBBC #BCB9BB

tetradic

#BBBCB9 #B9BCBB #BAB9BC #BCB9B9

square

#BBBCB9 #B9BCBB #BAB9BC #BCB9B9

split-complementary

#BBBCB9 #B9B9BC #BBB9BC

monochromatic

#7E807B #9D9E9A #BBBCB9 #D9DAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCB9

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCB9	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.004 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ce',
    500: '#bbbcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcb9;
$custom-light: #cfd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79355,
    "c": 0.00431,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCB9

secondary

#8C8B8E

accent

#5A8C6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCB9

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

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