#BBBEB9#BBBEB9

#BBBEB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.008 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEB9
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 185)
HSL	hsl(96, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(96, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -1.97, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 2.92, 132.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0052 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.008 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6625, 50.8944, 53.2022)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEB9 #BCB9BE

analogous

#BDBEB9 #BBBEB9 #B9BEB9

triadic

#BBBEB9 #B9BBBE #BEB9BB

tetradic

#BBBEB9 #B9BDBE #BCB9BE #BEB9B9

square

#BBBEB9 #B9BDBE #BCB9BE #BEB9B9

split-complementary

#BBBEB9 #B9B9BE #BEB9BD

monochromatic

#7D837A #9CA199 #BBBEB9 #DADBD9 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBBEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEB9

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEB9	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.008 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ce',
    500: '#bbbeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeb9;
$custom-light: #cfd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79768,
    "c": 0.00768,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEB9

secondary

#8E8B91

accent

#588E78

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEB9

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

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