#BBC5BB#BBC5BB

#BBC5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.018 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5BB
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(120, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -5.29, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 6.53, 144.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0145 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.018 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4278, 54.0849, 54.8395)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5BB #C5BBC5

analogous

#C0C5BB #BBC5BB #BBC5C0

triadic

#BBC5BB #BBBBC5 #C5BBBB

tetradic

#BBC5BB #BBC0C5 #C5BBC5 #C5C0BB

square

#BBC5BB #BBC0C5 #C5BBC5 #C5C0BB

split-complementary

#BBC5BB #C0BBC5 #C5BBC0

monochromatic

#798D79 #9AA99A #BBC5BB #DCE1DC #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BBC5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5BB

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5BB	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.018 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6cf',
    500: '#bbc5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5bb;
$custom-light: #cfd6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81279,
    "c": 0.01764,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5BB

secondary

#988C98

accent

#549292

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5BB

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

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