#BBB2B8#BBB2B8

#BBB2B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.013 H 337.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2B8
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(320, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(320, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 4.29, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 4.69, 336.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0122 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.013 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0644, 45.8666, 51.8172)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2B8 #B2BBB5

analogous

#BAB2BB #BBB2B8 #BBB2B4

triadic

#BBB2B8 #B8BBB2 #B2B8BB

tetradic

#BBB2B8 #BBBAB2 #B2BBB5 #B2B4BB

square

#BBB2B8 #BBBAB2 #B2BBB5 #B2B4BB

split-complementary

#BBB2B8 #B4BBB2 #B2BBBA

monochromatic

#81727C #9E929A #BBB2B8 #D8D3D6 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BBB2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2B8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2B8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.013 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9cd',
    500: '#bbb2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2b8;
$custom-light: #cfc9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77281,
    "c": 0.01315,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2B8

secondary

#E3E6E4

accent

#906955

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2B8

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

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