#BBBDBB#BBBDBB

#BBBDBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDBB
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -1.07, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 1.31, 144.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0029 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6592, 50.5478, 54.2500)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDBB #BDBBBD

analogous

#BCBDBB #BBBDBB #BBBDBC

triadic

#BBBDBB #BBBBBD #BDBBBB

tetradic

#BBBDBB #BBBCBD #BDBBBD #BDBCBB

square

#BBBDBB #BBBCBD #BDBBBD #BDBCBB

split-complementary

#BBBDBB #BCBBBD #BDBBBC

monochromatic

#7D817D #9C9F9C #BBBDBB #DADBDA #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBBDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDBB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDBB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0cf',
    500: '#bbbdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdbb;
$custom-light: #cfd0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79619,
    "c": 0.00355,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDBB

secondary

#8F8D8F

accent

#5A8B8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDBB

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

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