#BBC3BE#BBC3BE

#BBC3BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.011 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3BE
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 190)
HSL	hsl(143, 6%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(143, 4%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -3.69, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 4.00, 157.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0104 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.011 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3012, 53.3124, 56.3982)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3BE #C3BBC0

analogous

#BCC3BB #BBC3BE #BBC3C2

triadic

#BBC3BE #BEBBC3 #C3BEBB

tetradic

#BBC3BE #BBBCC3 #C3BBC0 #C3C2BB

square

#BBC3BE #BBBCC3 #C3BBC0 #C3C2BB

split-complementary

#BBC3BE #C2BBC3 #C3BBBC

monochromatic

#7A8A80 #9AA69F #BBC3BE #DCE0DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BBC3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3BE

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3BE	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.011 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5d1',
    500: '#bbc3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3be;
$custom-light: #cfd5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.5,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80948,
    "c": 0.0112,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3BE

secondary

#968C92

accent

#557A90

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3BE

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

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