#BBC3BD#BBC3BD

#BBC3BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.012 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3BD
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(135, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(135, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -3.88, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 4.39, 152.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0108 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.012 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1922, 53.2689, 55.8246)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3BD #C3BBC1

analogous

#BDC3BB #BBC3BD #BBC3C1

triadic

#BBC3BD #BDBBC3 #C3BDBB

tetradic

#BBC3BD #BBBDC3 #C3BBC1 #C3C1BB

square

#BBC3BD #BBBDC3 #C3BBC1 #C3C1BB

split-complementary

#BBC3BD #C1BBC3 #C3BBBD

monochromatic

#7A8A7E #9AA69D #BBC3BD #DCE0DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BBC3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3BD

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3BD	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.012 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5d0',
    500: '#bbc3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3bd;
$custom-light: #cfd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80919,
    "c": 0.0121,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3BD

secondary

#968C94

accent

#558190

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3BD

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

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