#BBC5BD#BBC5BD

#BBC5BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.016 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5BD
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(132, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(132, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -4.93, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 5.68, 150.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0137 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.016 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6434, 54.1711, 55.9749)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5BD #C5BBC3

analogous

#BEC5BB #BBC5BD #BBC5C2

triadic

#BBC5BD #BDBBC5 #C5BDBB

tetradic

#BBC5BD #BBBEC5 #C5BBC3 #C5C2BB

square

#BBC5BD #BBBEC5 #C5BBC3 #C5C2BB

split-complementary

#BBC5BD #C2BBC5 #C5BBBE

monochromatic

#798D7D #9AA99D #BBC5BD #DCE1DD #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBC5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5BD

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5BD	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#C5C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.016 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6d0',
    500: '#bbc5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5bd;
$custom-light: #cfd6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81336,
    "c": 0.01558,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5BD

secondary

#988C96

accent

#548592

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5BD

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

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