#BBB4B4#BBB4B4

#BBB4B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.008 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4B4
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 180)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 2.47, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 2.63, 19.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0076 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.008 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0519, 46.5029, 49.7737)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4B4 #B4BBBB

analogous

#BBB4B8 #BBB4B4 #BBB8B4

triadic

#BBB4B4 #B4BBB4 #B4B4BB

tetradic

#BBB4B4 #B8BBB4 #B4BBBB #B8B4BB

square

#BBB4B4 #B8BBB4 #B4BBBB #B8B4BB

split-complementary

#BBB4B4 #B4BBB8 #B4B8BB

monochromatic

#807474 #9E9494 #BBB4B4 #D8D4D4 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBB4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4B4

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4B4	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.008 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcaca',
    500: '#bbb4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4b4;
$custom-light: #cfcaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.895,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77568,
    "c": 0.00797,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4B4

secondary

#E5E6E6

accent

#8F8F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4B4

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

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