#BBBEBE#BBBEBE

#BBBEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.003 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEBE
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -1.04, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 1.10, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0032 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.003 197)
XYZ	xyz(48.1996, 51.1093, 56.0310)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEBE #BEBBBB

analogous

#BBBEBD #BBBEBE #BBBDBE

triadic

#BBBEBE #BEBBBE #BEBEBB

tetradic

#BBBEBE #BDBBBE #BEBBBB #BDBEBB

square

#BBBEBE #BDBBBE #BEBBBB #BDBEBB

split-complementary

#BBBEBE #BEBBBD #BEBDBB

monochromatic

#7C8282 #9CA0A0 #BBBEBE #DADCDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BBBEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEBE

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEBE	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.003 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d1',
    500: '#bbbebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbebe;
$custom-light: #cfd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.256,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.00335,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.51109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEBE

secondary

#908D8D

accent

#59598C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEBE

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

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