#BBBCBD#BBBCBD

#BBBCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.002 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCBD
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(210, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -0.16, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 0.65, 255.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0007 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.002 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6605, 50.2053, 55.3140)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCBD #BDBCBB

analogous

#BBBDBD #BBBCBD #BBBBBD

triadic

#BBBCBD #BDBBBC #BCBDBB

tetradic

#BBBCBD #BDBBBD #BDBCBB #BBBDBB

square

#BBBCBD #BDBBBD #BDBCBB #BBBDBB

split-complementary

#BBBCBD #BDBBBB #BDBDBB

monochromatic

#7D7F81 #9C9D9F #BBBCBD #DADBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCBD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCBD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.002 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d0',
    500: '#bbbcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcbd;
$custom-light: #cfd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.0018,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCBD

secondary

#8F8E8D

accent

#735A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCBD

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

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