#BBBDC5#BBBDC5

#BBBDC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.011 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDC5
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, 0.83, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 4.34, 280.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.001 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.011 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7673, 50.9910, 60.0855)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDC5 #C5C3BB

analogous

#BBC2C5 #BBBDC5 #BEBBC5

triadic

#BBBDC5 #C5BBBD #BDC5BB

tetradic

#BBBDC5 #C5BBC2 #C5C3BB #BBC5BE

square

#BBBDC5 #C5BBC2 #C5C3BB #BBC5BE

split-complementary

#BBBDC5 #C5BEBB #C2C5BB

monochromatic

#797D8D #9A9DA9 #BBBDC5 #DCDDE1 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBBDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDC5

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDC5	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.011 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0d6',
    500: '#bbbdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdc5;
$custom-light: #cfd0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7992,
    "c": 0.01142,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDC5

secondary

#98968C

accent

#855492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDC5

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

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