#BBBDB9#BBBDB9

#BBBDB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.006 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDB9
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(90, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -1.43, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 2.28, 128.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0037 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.006 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4466, 50.4627, 53.1302)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDB9 #BBB9BD

analogous

#BDBDB9 #BBBDB9 #B9BDB9

triadic

#BBBDB9 #B9BBBD #BDB9BB

tetradic

#BBBDB9 #B9BDBD #BBB9BD #BDB9B9

square

#BBBDB9 #B9BDBD #BBB9BD #BDB9B9

split-complementary

#BBBDB9 #B9B9BD #BDB9BD

monochromatic

#7E817A #9C9F99 #BBBDB9 #DADBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BBBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDB9

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDB9	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.006 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ce',
    500: '#bbbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdb9;
$custom-light: #cfd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79561,
    "c": 0.00597,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDB9

secondary

#8D8B8F

accent

#598D73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDB9

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

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