#BBC4BD#BBC4BD

#BBC4BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.014 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4BD
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(133, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(133, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -4.40, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 5.03, 151.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0123 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.014 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4171, 53.7185, 55.8995)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4BD #C4BBC2

analogous

#BDC4BB #BBC4BD #BBC4C1

triadic

#BBC4BD #BDBBC4 #C4BDBB

tetradic

#BBC4BD #BBBDC4 #C4BBC2 #C4C1BB

square

#BBC4BD #BBBDC4 #C4BBC2 #C4C1BB

split-complementary

#BBC4BD #C1BBC4 #C4BBBD

monochromatic

#798B7D #9AA89D #BBC4BD #DCE0DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BBC4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4BD

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4BD	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.014 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5d0',
    500: '#bbc4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4bd;
$custom-light: #cfd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.333,
    "s": 7.087,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81127,
    "c": 0.01384,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4BD

secondary

#978C95

accent

#548491

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4BD

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

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