#BBB2B2#BBB2B2

#BBB2B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.010 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2B2
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 3.19, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 3.39, 19.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0098 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.01 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4487, 45.6203, 48.5749)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2B2 #B2BBBB

analogous

#BBB2B7 #BBB2B2 #BBB7B2

triadic

#BBB2B2 #B2BBB2 #B2B2BB

tetradic

#BBB2B2 #B7BBB2 #B2BBBB #B7B2BB

square

#BBB2B2 #B7BBB2 #B2BBBB #B7B2BB

split-complementary

#BBB2B2 #B2BBB7 #B2B7BB

monochromatic

#817272 #9E9292 #BBB2B2 #D8D3D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBB2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2B2

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2B2	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.010 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9c9',
    500: '#bbb2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2b2;
$custom-light: #cfc9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.01029,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2B2

secondary

#E3E6E6

accent

#909055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2B2

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

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