#BBC5BF#BBC5BF

#BBC5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.014 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5BF
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(144, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(144, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -4.56, 1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 4.90, 158.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0129 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.014 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8620, 54.2585, 57.1262)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5BF #C5BBC1

analogous

#BCC5BB #BBC5BF #BBC5C4

triadic

#BBC5BF #BFBBC5 #C5BFBB

tetradic

#BBC5BF #BBBCC5 #C5BBC1 #C5C4BB

square

#BBC5BF #BBBCC5 #C5BBC1 #C5C4BB

split-complementary

#BBC5BF #C4BBC5 #C5BBBC

monochromatic

#798D81 #9AA9A0 #BBC5BF #DCE1DE #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BBC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5BF

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5BF	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.014 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6d2',
    500: '#bbc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5bf;
$custom-light: #cfd6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81393,
    "c": 0.01376,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5BF

secondary

#988C93

accent

#547992

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5BF

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

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