#BBBEB8#BBBEB8

#BBBEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.009 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEB8
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(90, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -2.15, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 3.42, 128.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0056 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.009 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5573, 50.8524, 52.6482)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEB8 #BBB8BE

analogous

#BEBEB8 #BBBEB8 #B8BEB8

triadic

#BBBEB8 #B8BBBE #BEB8BB

tetradic

#BBBEB8 #B8BEBE #BBB8BE #BEB8B8

square

#BBBEB8 #B8BEBE #BBB8BE #BEB8B8

split-complementary

#BBBEB8 #B8B8BE #BEB8BE

monochromatic

#7E8378 #9CA198 #BBBEB8 #DADBD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BBBEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEB8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEB8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.009 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1cd',
    500: '#bbbeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeb8;
$custom-light: #cfd1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.00895,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEB8

secondary

#8D8A91

accent

#578E73

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEB8

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

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