#BBB8B2#BBB8B2

#BBB8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.009 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8B2
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(40, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -0.03, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 3.42, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0009 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.009 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6688, 48.0603, 48.9815)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8B2 #B2B5BB

analogous

#BBB4B2 #BBB8B2 #BABBB2

triadic

#BBB8B2 #B2BBB8 #B8B2BB

tetradic

#BBB8B2 #B2BBB4 #B2B5BB #BBB2BA

square

#BBB8B2 #B2BBB4 #B2B5BB #BBB2BA

split-complementary

#BBB8B2 #B2BABB #B4B2BB

monochromatic

#817C72 #9E9A92 #BBB8B2 #D8D6D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8B2

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8B2	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.009 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc9',
    500: '#bbb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8b2;
$custom-light: #cfcdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78331,
    "c": 0.00905,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8B2

secondary

#E3E4E6

accent

#699055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8B2

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

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