#BBBCC4#BBBCC4

#BBBCC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.011 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCC4
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(233, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 1.17, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 4.31, 285.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.002 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.011 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4387, 50.5166, 59.4126)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCC4 #C4C3BB

analogous

#BBC1C4 #BBBCC4 #BEBBC4

triadic

#BBBCC4 #C4BBBC #BCC4BB

tetradic

#BBBCC4 #C4BBC1 #C4C3BB #BBC4BE

square

#BBBCC4 #C4BBC1 #C4C3BB #BBC4BE

split-complementary

#BBBCC4 #C4BEBB #C1C4BB

monochromatic

#797B8B #9A9CA8 #BBBCC4 #DCDCE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBBCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCC4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCC4	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.011 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d5',
    500: '#bbbcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcc4;
$custom-light: #cfd0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 7.087,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79684,
    "c": 0.01125,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCC4

secondary

#97968C

accent

#8A5491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCC4

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

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