#BBC5BE#BBC5BE

#BBC5BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.015 H 155.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5BE
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 190)
HSL	hsl(138, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(138, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -4.74, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 5.28, 153.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0133 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.015 155.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7523, 54.2147, 56.5486)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5BE #C5BBC2

analogous

#BDC5BB #BBC5BE #BBC5C3

triadic

#BBC5BE #BEBBC5 #C5BEBB

tetradic

#BBC5BE #BBBDC5 #C5BBC2 #C5C3BB

square

#BBC5BE #BBBDC5 #C5BBC2 #C5C3BB

split-complementary

#BBC5BE #C3BBC5 #C5BBBD

monochromatic

#798D7F #9AA99E #BBC5BE #DCE1DE #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BBC5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5BE

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5BE	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.015 155.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6d1',
    500: '#bbc5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5be;
$custom-light: #cfd6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.01463,
    "h": 155.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5BE

secondary

#988C95

accent

#547F92

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5BE

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

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