#BBBEB3#BBBEB3

#BBBEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.016 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEB3
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(76, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(76, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -3.05, 5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 6.01, 120.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0076 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.016 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0424, 50.6464, 49.9365)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEB3 #B6B3BE

analogous

#BEBCB3 #BBBEB3 #B6BEB3

triadic

#BBBEB3 #B3BBBE #BEB3BB

tetradic

#BBBEB3 #B3BEBC #B6B3BE #BEB3B6

square

#BBBEB3 #B3BEBC #B6B3BE #BEB3B6

split-complementary

#BBBEB3 #B3B6BE #BCB3BE

monochromatic

#808572 #9DA292 #BBBEB3 #D9DAD4 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBBEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEB3

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEB3	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)

#C0BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.016 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c9',
    500: '#bbbeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeb3;
$custom-light: #cfd1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79599,
    "c": 0.01557,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEB3

secondary

#888491

accent

#549265

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEB3

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

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