#BBB5B2#BBB5B2

#BBB5B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.008 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5B2
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(20, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(20, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 1.58, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 2.77, 55.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0053 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.008 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0522, 46.8272, 48.7760)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5B2 #B2B8BB

analogous

#BBB2B4 #BBB5B2 #BBBAB2

triadic

#BBB5B2 #B2BBB5 #B5B2BB

tetradic

#BBB5B2 #B4BBB2 #B2B8BB #BAB2BB

square

#BBB5B2 #B4BBB2 #B2B8BB #BAB2BB

split-complementary

#BBB5B2 #B2BBBA #B2B4BB

monochromatic

#817772 #9E9692 #BBB5B2 #D8D4D3 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5B2

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5B2	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.008 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbc9',
    500: '#bbb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5b2;
$custom-light: #cfcbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77715,
    "c": 0.00805,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5B2

secondary

#E3E5E6

accent

#7D9055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5B2

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

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