#BBBEBB#BBBEBB

#BBBEBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.005 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEBB
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -1.60, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 1.97, 144.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0044 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.005 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8751, 50.9795, 54.3219)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEBB #BEBBBE

analogous

#BDBEBB #BBBEBB #BBBEBD

triadic

#BBBEBB #BBBBBE #BEBBBB

tetradic

#BBBEBB #BBBDBE #BEBBBE #BEBDBB

square

#BBBEBB #BBBDBE #BEBBBE #BEBDBB

split-complementary

#BBBEBB #BDBBBE #BEBBBD

monochromatic

#7C827C #9CA09C #BBBEBB #DADCDA #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBBEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEBB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEBB	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.005 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1cf',
    500: '#bbbebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbebb;
$custom-light: #cfd1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.00532,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEBB

secondary

#908D90

accent

#598C8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEBB

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

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