#BBBCBF#BBBCBF

#BBBCBF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.004 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCBF
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(225, 3%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 0.21, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 1.65, 277.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0001 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.004 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8791, 50.2927, 56.4652)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCBF #BFBEBB

analogous

#BBBEBF #BBBCBF #BCBBBF

triadic

#BBBCBF #BFBBBC #BCBFBB

tetradic

#BBBCBF #BFBBBE #BFBEBB #BBBFBC

square

#BBBCBF #BFBBBE #BFBEBB #BBBFBC

split-complementary

#BBBCBF #BFBCBB #BEBFBB

monochromatic

#7C7E84 #9B9DA1 #BBBCBF #DBDBDD #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCBF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCBF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.004 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d2',
    500: '#bbbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcbf;
$custom-light: #cfd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.00434,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCBF

secondary

#91908D

accent

#80598D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCBF

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

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