#BBC0BE#BBC0BE

#BBC0BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.006 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC0BE
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 190)
HSL	hsl(156, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(156, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -2.10, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 2.14, 169.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0061 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.006 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6357, 51.9816, 56.1764)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC0BE #C0BBBD

analogous

#BBC0BC #BBC0BE #BBC0C0

triadic

#BBC0BE #BEBBC0 #C0BEBB

tetradic

#BBC0BE #BCBBC0 #C0BBBD #C0C0BB

square

#BBC0BE #BCBBC0 #C0BBBD #C0C0BB

split-complementary

#BBC0BE #C0BBC0 #C0BCBB

monochromatic

#7B8581 #9BA3A0 #BBC0BE #DBDDDC #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBC0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC0BE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC0BE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.006 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3d1',
    500: '#bbc0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc0be;
$custom-light: #cfd3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 3.817,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80326,
    "c": 0.0062,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC0BE

secondary

#938D8F

accent

#586D8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC0BE

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

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