#BBBDB2#BBBDB2

#BBBDB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.015 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB2
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(71, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(71, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -2.69, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 5.96, 116.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0065 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.015 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7258, 50.1744, 49.3339)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB2 #B4B2BD

analogous

#BDBAB2 #BBBDB2 #B6BDB2

triadic

#BBBDB2 #B2BBBD #BDB2BB

tetradic

#BBBDB2 #B2BDBA #B4B2BD #BDB2B6

square

#BBBDB2 #B2BDBA #B4B2BD #BDB2B6

split-complementary

#BBBDB2 #B2B6BD #BAB2BD

monochromatic

#808471 #9EA191 #BBBDB2 #D8D9D3 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB2

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB2	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)

#BFBCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.015 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c9',
    500: '#bbbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb2;
$custom-light: #cfd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79364,
    "c": 0.01538,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB2

secondary

#868390

accent

#54925F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB2

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

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