#B8BBBB#B8BBBB

#B8BBBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.003 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BBBB
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -1.04, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 1.11, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0032 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.003 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5055, 49.3187, 54.0735)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BBBB #BBB8B8

analogous

#B8BBB9 #B8BBBB #B8B9BB

triadic

#B8BBBB #BBB8BB #BBBBB8

tetradic

#B8BBBB #B9B8BB #BBB8B8 #B9BBB8

square

#B8BBBB #B9B8BB #BBB8B8 #B9BBB8

split-complementary

#B8BBBB #BBB8B9 #BBB9B8

monochromatic

#7A7F7F #999D9D #B8BBBB #D7D9D9 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B8BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B8BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BBBB

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BBBB	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.003 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcfcf',
    500: '#b8bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bbbb;
$custom-light: #cdcfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.158,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.00336,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BBBB

secondary

#E6E5E5

accent

#5A5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BBBB

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

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