#BBB9B2#BBB9B2

#BBB9B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.010 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9B2
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(47, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -0.57, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 3.84, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0006 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.01 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8772, 48.4773, 49.0510)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9B2 #B2B4BB

analogous

#BBB5B2 #BBB9B2 #B9BBB2

triadic

#BBB9B2 #B2BBB9 #B9B2BB

tetradic

#BBB9B2 #B2BBB5 #B2B4BB #BBB2B9

square

#BBB9B2 #B2BBB5 #B2B4BB #BBB2B9

split-complementary

#BBB9B2 #B2B9BB #B5B2BB

monochromatic

#817D72 #9E9B92 #BBB9B2 #D8D7D3 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9B2

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9B2	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.010 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec9',
    500: '#bbb9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9b2;
$custom-light: #cfcec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78537,
    "c": 0.01001,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9B2

secondary

#E3E4E6

accent

#629055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9B2

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

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