#BBBDBA#BBBDBA

#BBBDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.005 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDBA
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(100, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(100, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -1.25, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 1.78, 134.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0033 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.005 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5526, 50.5051, 53.6881)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDBA #BCBABD

analogous

#BCBDBA #BBBDBA #BABDBA

triadic

#BBBDBA #BABBBD #BDBABB

tetradic

#BBBDBA #BABCBD #BCBABD #BDBABA

square

#BBBDBA #BABCBD #BCBABD #BDBABA

split-complementary

#BBBDBA #BABABD #BDBABC

monochromatic

#7D817B #9C9F9B #BBBDBA #DADBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDBA

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDBA	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.005 134.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 2.222,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7959,
    "c": 0.00471,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDBA

secondary

#8E8C8F

accent

#5A8C7B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDBA

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

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