#BBC5BC#BBC5BC

#BBC5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.017 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5BC
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(126, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(126, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -5.11, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 6.10, 146.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0141 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.017 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5352, 54.1278, 55.4052)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5BC #C5BBC4

analogous

#BFC5BB #BBC5BC #BBC5C1

triadic

#BBC5BC #BCBBC5 #C5BCBB

tetradic

#BBC5BC #BBBFC5 #C5BBC4 #C5C1BB

square

#BBC5BC #BBBFC5 #C5BBC4 #C5C1BB

split-complementary

#BBC5BC #C1BBC5 #C5BBBF

monochromatic

#798D7B #9AA99B #BBC5BC #DCE1DD #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBC5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5BC

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5BC	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.017 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6d0',
    500: '#bbc5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5bc;
$custom-light: #cfd6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81307,
    "c": 0.01659,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5BC

secondary

#988C97

accent

#548C92

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5BC

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

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