#BBBEBC#BBBEBC

#BBBEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.004 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEBC
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(140, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(140, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -1.41, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 1.55, 155.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.004 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.004 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9825, 51.0225, 54.8877)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEBC #BEBBBD

analogous

#BCBEBB #BBBEBC #BBBEBE

triadic

#BBBEBC #BCBBBE #BEBCBB

tetradic

#BBBEBC #BBBCBE #BEBBBD #BEBEBB

square

#BBBEBC #BBBCBE #BEBBBD #BEBEBB

split-complementary

#BBBEBC #BEBBBE #BEBBBC

monochromatic

#7C827E #9CA09D #BBBEBC #DADCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBBEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEBC

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEBC	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.004 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d0',
    500: '#bbbebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbebc;
$custom-light: #cfd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79855,
    "c": 0.00433,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEBC

secondary

#908D8F

accent

#597B8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEBC

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

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