#BBBDB6#BBBDB6

#BBBDB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.010 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB6
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(77, 5%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(77, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -1.98, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 3.84, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0049 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.01 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1333, 50.3374, 51.4799)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB6 #B8B6BD

analogous

#BDBBB6 #BBBDB6 #B7BDB6

triadic

#BBBDB6 #B6BBBD #BDB6BB

tetradic

#BBBDB6 #B6BDBB #B8B6BD #BDB6B7

square

#BBBDB6 #B6BDBB #B8B6BD #BDB6B7

split-complementary

#BBBDB6 #B6B7BD #BBB6BD

monochromatic

#7F8376 #9DA096 #BBBDB6 #D9DAD6 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBBDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB6

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB6	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.010 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cb',
    500: '#bbbdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb6;
$custom-light: #cfd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 5.036,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79476,
    "c": 0.00995,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB6

secondary

#8A8890

accent

#578F67

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB6

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

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