#BBBEC5#BBBEC5

#BBBEC5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.010 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEC5
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(222, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 0.29, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 3.89, 274.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0005 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.01 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9831, 51.4227, 60.1575)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEC5 #C5C2BB

analogous

#BBC3C5 #BBBEC5 #BDBBC5

triadic

#BBBEC5 #C5BBBE #BEC5BB

tetradic

#BBBEC5 #C5BBC3 #C5C2BB #BBC5BD

square

#BBBEC5 #C5BBC3 #C5C2BB #BBC5BD

split-complementary

#BBBEC5 #C5BDBB #C3C5BB

monochromatic

#797F8D #9A9EA9 #BBBEC5 #DCDEE1 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BBBEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEC5

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEC5	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.010 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1d6',
    500: '#bbbec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbec5;
$custom-light: #cfd1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80125,
    "c": 0.01037,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEC5

secondary

#98958C

accent

#7F5492

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEC5

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

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