#BBBDB3#BBBDB3

#BBBDB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.014 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB3
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(72, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(72, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -2.52, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 5.43, 117.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0061 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.014 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8266, 50.2147, 49.8646)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB3 #B5B3BD

analogous

#BDBAB3 #BBBDB3 #B6BDB3

triadic

#BBBDB3 #B3BBBD #BDB3BB

tetradic

#BBBDB3 #B3BDBA #B5B3BD #BDB3B6

square

#BBBDB3 #B3BDBA #B5B3BD #BDB3B6

split-complementary

#BBBDB3 #B3B6BD #BAB3BD

monochromatic

#808372 #9EA192 #BBBDB3 #D8D9D4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBBDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB3

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB3	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.014 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c9',
    500: '#bbbdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb3;
$custom-light: #cfd0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.01402,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB3

secondary

#878490

accent

#559161

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB3

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

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