#BBBEB6#BBBEB6

#BBBEB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.012 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEB6
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 182)
HSL	hsl(83, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(83, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -2.51, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 4.45, 124.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0064 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.012 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3491, 50.7691, 51.5519)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEB6 #B9B6BE

analogous

#BEBDB6 #BBBEB6 #B7BEB6

triadic

#BBBEB6 #B6BBBE #BEB6BB

tetradic

#BBBEB6 #B6BEBD #B9B6BE #BEB6B7

square

#BBBEB6 #B6BEBD #B9B6BE #BEB6B7

split-complementary

#BBBEB6 #B6B7BE #BDB6BE

monochromatic

#7F8476 #9DA196 #BBBEB6 #D9DBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBBEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEB6

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEB6	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)

#BFBDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.012 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1cb',
    500: '#bbbeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeb6;
$custom-light: #cfd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 5.797,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79683,
    "c": 0.01156,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEB6

secondary

#8B8791

accent

#56906C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEB6

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

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