#BBBDC4#BBBDC4

#BBBDC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.010 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDC4
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(227, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(227, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 0.63, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 3.82, 279.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0006 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.01 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6531, 50.9453, 59.4841)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDC4 #C4C2BB

analogous

#BBC1C4 #BBBDC4 #BDBBC4

triadic

#BBBDC4 #C4BBBD #BDC4BB

tetradic

#BBBDC4 #C4BBC1 #C4C2BB #BBC4BD

square

#BBBDC4 #C4BBC1 #C4C2BB #BBC4BD

split-complementary

#BBBDC4 #C4BDBB #C1C4BB

monochromatic

#797D8B #9A9DA8 #BBBDC4 #DCDDE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BBBDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDC4

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDC4	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.010 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d5',
    500: '#bbbdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdc4;
$custom-light: #cfd0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 7.087,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79889,
    "c": 0.01006,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDC4

secondary

#97958C

accent

#845491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDC4

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

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