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Monogreymid

Cold Stone Drift

#bbb5bf
Notes

Cold Stone Drift (#BBB5BF) is a pale neutral with a mono character. It's a grayscale value, at home in typography, dividers, and the structural layer beneath stronger colors. Its HSL profile (276°, 7%, 73%) places it in the muted band at a light lightness. It works as a soft page background, card surface, or low-key divider. Avoid it for body text against white. Pair it with almost any saturated accent. It's built to sit underneath or behind stronger colors without fighting them.

HEX
#bbb5bf
RGB
rgb(187, 181, 191)
HSL
hsl(276, 7%, 73%)
HWB
hwb(276 71% 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(78.1% 0.015 312.2)
HSV
hsv(276, 5%, 75%)
LAB
lab(74.43% 3.98 -4.31)
LCH
lch(74.43% 5.86 312.70)
CMYK
cmyk(2%, 5%, 0%, 25%)

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#bbb5bf
Original
#b4b7bf
Protanopia
#b5b7bf
Deuteranopia
#bbb6b8
Tritanopia
#b7b7b7
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.00:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
10.47:1

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