#BBB8BB#BBB8BB

#BBB8BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.005 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8BB
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 1.61, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 1.97, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0044 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.005 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6022, 48.4337, 53.8976)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8BB #B8BBB8

analogous

#B9B8BB #BBB8BB #BBB8B9

triadic

#BBB8BB #BBBBB8 #B8BBBB

tetradic

#BBB8BB #BBB9B8 #B8BBB8 #B8B9BB

square

#BBB8BB #BBB9B8 #B8BBB8 #B8B9BB

split-complementary

#BBB8BB #B9BBB8 #B8BBB9

monochromatic

#7F7A7F #9D999D #BBB8BB #D9D7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8BB

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8BB	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.005 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdcf',
    500: '#bbb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8bb;
$custom-light: #cfcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.158,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.00534,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8BB

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

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