#BBB5BB#BBB5BB

#BBB5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5BB
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, 3.22, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 3.95, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0089 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9856, 47.2006, 53.6921)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5BB #B5BBB5

analogous

#B8B5BB #BBB5BB #BBB5B8

triadic

#BBB5BB #BBBBB5 #B5BBBB

tetradic

#BBB5BB #BBB8B5 #B5BBB5 #B5B8BB

square

#BBB5BB #BBB8B5 #B5BBB5 #B5B8BB

split-complementary

#BBB5BB #B8BBB5 #B5BBB8

monochromatic

#807680 #9E959E #BBB5BB #D8D5D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5BB

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5BB	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbcf',
    500: '#bbb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5bb;
$custom-light: #cfcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77981,
    "c": 0.01071,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5BB

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

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