#BBBDB5#BBBDB5

#BBBDB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.011 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB5
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(75, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(75, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -2.16, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 4.37, 119.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0053 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.011 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0303, 50.2962, 50.9376)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB5 #B7B5BD

analogous

#BDBBB5 #BBBDB5 #B7BDB5

triadic

#BBBDB5 #B5BBBD #BDB5BB

tetradic

#BBBDB5 #B5BDBB #B7B5BD #BDB5B7

square

#BBBDB5 #B5BDBB #B7B5BD #BDB5B7

split-complementary

#BBBDB5 #B5B7BD #BBB5BD

monochromatic

#7F8375 #9DA095 #BBBDB5 #D9DAD5 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB5

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB5	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.011 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cb',
    500: '#bbbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb5;
$custom-light: #cfd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79448,
    "c": 0.0113,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB5

secondary

#898690

accent

#569064

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB5

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

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