#BBBFB5#BBBFB5

#BBBFB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.015 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFB5
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(84, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(84, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -3.22, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 5.58, 125.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0082 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.015 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4635, 51.1626, 51.0820)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFB5 #B9B5BF

analogous

#BFBEB5 #BBBFB5 #B6BFB5

triadic

#BBBFB5 #B5BBBF #BFB5BB

tetradic

#BBBFB5 #B5BFBE #B9B5BF #BFB5B6

square

#BBBFB5 #B5BFBE #B9B5BF #BFB5B6

split-complementary

#BBBFB5 #B5B6BF #BEB5BF

monochromatic

#7F8674 #9DA394 #BBBFB5 #D9DBD6 #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BBBFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFB5

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFB5	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.015 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2cb',
    500: '#bbbfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfb5;
$custom-light: #cfd2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79862,
    "c": 0.01452,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFB5

secondary

#8B8692

accent

#54916D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFB5

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

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