#BBBDB1#BBBDB1

#BBBDB1 is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.017 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB1
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(70, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(70, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -2.87, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 6.49, 116.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0069 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.017 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6258, 50.1344, 48.8070)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB1 #B3B1BD

analogous

#BDB9B1 #BBBDB1 #B5BDB1

triadic

#BBBDB1 #B1BBBD #BDB1BB

tetradic

#BBBDB1 #B1BDB9 #B3B1BD #BDB1B5

square

#BBBDB1 #B1BDB9 #B3B1BD #BDB1B5

split-complementary

#BBBDB1 #B1B5BD #B9B1BD

monochromatic

#818470 #9EA190 #BBBDB1 #D8D9D2 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBBDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB1

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB1	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.017 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c8',
    500: '#bbbdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb1;
$custom-light: #cfd0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79337,
    "c": 0.01675,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB1

secondary

#858290

accent

#53925E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB1

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

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