#BBC4BE#BBC4BE

#BBC4BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.013 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4BE
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 190)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(140, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -4.22, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 4.64, 155.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0119 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.013 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5260, 53.7621, 56.4731)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4BE #C4BBC1

analogous

#BCC4BB #BBC4BE #BBC4C3

triadic

#BBC4BE #BEBBC4 #C4BEBB

tetradic

#BBC4BE #BBBCC4 #C4BBC1 #C4C3BB

square

#BBC4BE #BBBCC4 #C4BBC1 #C4C3BB

split-complementary

#BBC4BE #C3BBC4 #C4BBBC

monochromatic

#798B7F #9AA89F #BBC4BE #DCE0DD #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BBC4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4BE

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4BE	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.013 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5d1',
    500: '#bbc4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4be;
$custom-light: #cfd5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 7.087,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81156,
    "c": 0.01291,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4BE

secondary

#978C93

accent

#547D91

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4BE

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

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