#BBBDB8#BBBDB8

#BBBDB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.007 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB8
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(84, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(84, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -1.62, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 2.79, 125.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0041 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.007 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3414, 50.4207, 52.5762)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB8 #BAB8BD

analogous

#BDBCB8 #BBBDB8 #B8BDB8

triadic

#BBBDB8 #B8BBBD #BDB8BB

tetradic

#BBBDB8 #B8BDBC #BAB8BD #BDB8B8

square

#BBBDB8 #B8BDBC #BAB8BD #BDB8B8

split-complementary

#BBBDB8 #B8B8BD #BCB8BD

monochromatic

#7E8279 #9DA098 #BBBDB8 #D9DAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBBDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB8

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB8	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#BEBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.007 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cd',
    500: '#bbbdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb8;
$custom-light: #cfd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79533,
    "c": 0.00728,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB8

secondary

#8C8A90

accent

#588D6D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB8

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

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