#BBBEB5#BBBEB5

#BBBEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.013 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEB5
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(80, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(80, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -2.69, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 4.97, 122.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0068 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.013 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2461, 50.7279, 51.0095)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEB5 #B8B5BE

analogous

#BEBCB5 #BBBEB5 #B6BEB5

triadic

#BBBEB5 #B5BBBE #BEB5BB

tetradic

#BBBEB5 #B5BEBC #B8B5BE #BEB5B6

square

#BBBEB5 #B5BEBC #B8B5BE #BEB5B6

split-complementary

#BBBEB5 #B5B6BE #BCB5BE

monochromatic

#7F8474 #9DA194 #BBBEB5 #D9DBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBBEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEB5

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEB5	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.013 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1cb',
    500: '#bbbeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeb5;
$custom-light: #cfd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79655,
    "c": 0.01289,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEB5

secondary

#8A8691

accent

#559069

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEB5

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

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