#BBBFB9#BBBFB9

#BBBFB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.009 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFB9
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(100, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(100, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -2.50, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 3.56, 134.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0066 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.009 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8798, 51.3291, 53.2746)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFB9 #BDB9BF

analogous

#BEBFB9 #BBBFB9 #B9BFBA

triadic

#BBBFB9 #B9BBBF #BFB9BB

tetradic

#BBBFB9 #B9BEBF #BDB9BF #BFBAB9

square

#BBBFB9 #B9BEBF #BDB9BF #BFBAB9

split-complementary

#BBBFB9 #BAB9BF #BFB9BE

monochromatic

#7D8479 #9CA299 #BBBFB9 #DADCD9 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBBFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFB9

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFB9	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.009 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2ce',
    500: '#bbbfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfb9;
$custom-light: #cfd2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79975,
    "c": 0.00941,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFB9

secondary

#8F8B92

accent

#578E7C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFB9

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

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