#BBBDB7#BBBDB7

#BBBDB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB7
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(80, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(80, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -1.80, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 3.31, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0045 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2370, 50.3789, 52.0261)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB7 #B9B7BD

analogous

#BDBCB7 #BBBDB7 #B8BDB7

triadic

#BBBDB7 #B7BBBD #BDB7BB

tetradic

#BBBDB7 #B7BDBC #B9B7BD #BDB7B8

square

#BBBDB7 #B7BDBC #B9B7BD #BDB7B8

split-complementary

#BBBDB7 #B7B8BD #BCB7BD

monochromatic

#7F8277 #9DA097 #BBBDB7 #D9DAD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBBDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB7

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB7	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cc',
    500: '#bbbdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb7;
$custom-light: #cfd0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79504,
    "c": 0.00861,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB7

secondary

#8B8990

accent

#578E6A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB7

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

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