#BBBDB4#BBBDB4

#BBBDB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.013 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB4
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(73, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(73, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -2.34, 4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 4.89, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0057 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.013 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9281, 50.2553, 50.3992)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB4 #B6B4BD

analogous

#BDBBB4 #BBBDB4 #B7BDB4

triadic

#BBBDB4 #B4BBBD #BDB4BB

tetradic

#BBBDB4 #B4BDBB #B6B4BD #BDB4B7

square

#BBBDB4 #B4BDBB #B6B4BD #BDB4B7

split-complementary

#BBBDB4 #B4B7BD #BBB4BD

monochromatic

#808373 #9DA093 #BBBDB4 #D9DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBBDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB4

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB4	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.013 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ca',
    500: '#bbbdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb4;
$custom-light: #cfd0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 6.383,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7942,
    "c": 0.01267,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB4

secondary

#888590

accent

#559062

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB4

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

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