#BBC2B9#BBC2B9

#BBC2B9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.015 H 138.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC2B9
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 185)
HSL	hsl(107, 7%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(107, 5%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -4.08, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 5.50, 137.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.011 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.015 138.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5407, 52.6510, 53.4949)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC2B9 #C0B9C2

analogous

#C0C2B9 #BBC2B9 #B9C2BC

triadic

#BBC2B9 #B9BBC2 #C2B9BB

tetradic

#BBC2B9 #B9C0C2 #C0B9C2 #C2BCB9

square

#BBC2B9 #B9C0C2 #C0B9C2 #C2BCB9

split-complementary

#BBC2B9 #BCB9C2 #C2B9C0

monochromatic

#7B8978 #9BA698 #BBC2B9 #DBDEDA #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BBC2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC2B9

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC2B9	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.015 138.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd4ce',
    500: '#bbc2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc2b9;
$custom-light: #cfd4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.667,
    "s": 6.87,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80598,
    "c": 0.01464,
    "h": 138.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC2B9

secondary

#938A95

accent

#559183

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC2B9

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

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