#BBBEBD#BBBEBD

#BBBEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.004 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEBD
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(160, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(160, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -1.23, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 1.23, 173.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0036 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.004 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0907, 51.0657, 55.4574)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEBD #BEBBBC

analogous

#BBBEBC #BBBEBD #BBBEBE

triadic

#BBBEBD #BDBBBE #BEBDBB

tetradic

#BBBEBD #BCBBBE #BEBBBC #BEBEBB

square

#BBBEBD #BCBBBE #BEBBBC #BEBEBB

split-complementary

#BBBEBD #BEBBBE #BEBCBB

monochromatic

#7C8280 #9CA09F #BBBEBD #DADCDB #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BBBEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEBD

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEBD	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.004 174.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79884,
    "c": 0.00362,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEBD

secondary

#908D8E

accent

#596A8C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEBD

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

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