#BBBCC5#BBBCC5

#BBBCC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.013 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCC5
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(234, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 1.36, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 4.84, 286.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0024 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.013 281)
XYZ	xyz(48.5529, 50.5623, 60.0141)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCC5 #C5C4BB

analogous

#BBC1C5 #BBBCC5 #BFBBC5

triadic

#BBBCC5 #C5BBBC #BCC5BB

tetradic

#BBBCC5 #C5BBC1 #C5C4BB #BBC5BF

square

#BBBCC5 #C5BBC1 #C5C4BB #BBC5BF

split-complementary

#BBBCC5 #C5BFBB #C1C5BB

monochromatic

#797B8D #9A9BA9 #BBBCC5 #DCDDE1 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBBCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCC5

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCC5	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.013 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d6',
    500: '#bbbcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcc5;
$custom-light: #cfd0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79715,
    "c": 0.01264,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.50562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCC5

secondary

#98978C

accent

#8C5492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCC5

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

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