#BBB6B2#BBB6B2

#BBB6B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.008 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6B2
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(27, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(27, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 1.04, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 2.85, 68.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0038 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.008 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2562, 47.2353, 48.8440)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6B2 #B2B7BB

analogous

#BBB2B3 #BBB6B2 #BBBBB2

triadic

#BBB6B2 #B2BBB6 #B6B2BB

tetradic

#BBB6B2 #B3BBB2 #B2B7BB #BBB2BB

square

#BBB6B2 #B3BBB2 #B2B7BB #BBB2BB

split-complementary

#BBB6B2 #B2BBBB #B2B3BB

monochromatic

#817872 #9E9792 #BBB6B2 #D8D5D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBB6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6B2

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6B2	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.008 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbc9',
    500: '#bbb6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6b2;
$custom-light: #cfcbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7792,
    "c": 0.00801,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6B2

secondary

#E3E5E6

accent

#769055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6B2

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

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