#BBBDBD#BBBDBD

#BBBDBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDBD
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -0.69, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 0.74, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0021 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8748, 50.6340, 55.3854)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDBD #BDBBBB

analogous

#BBBDBC #BBBDBD #BBBCBD

triadic

#BBBDBD #BDBBBD #BDBDBB

tetradic

#BBBDBD #BCBBBD #BDBBBB #BCBDBB

square

#BBBDBD #BCBBBD #BDBBBB #BCBDBB

split-complementary

#BBBDBD #BDBBBC #BDBCBB

monochromatic

#7D8181 #9C9F9F #BBBDBD #DADBDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBBDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDBD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDBD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d0',
    500: '#bbbdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdbd;
$custom-light: #cfd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.493,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79678,
    "c": 0.00224,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDBD

secondary

#8F8D8D

accent

#5A5A8B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDBD

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

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