#BBB9BB#BBB9BB

#BBB9BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9BB
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 1.07, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 1.31, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0029 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8107, 48.8506, 53.9671)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9BB #B9BBB9

analogous

#BAB9BB #BBB9BB #BBB9BA

triadic

#BBB9BB #BBBBB9 #B9BBBB

tetradic

#BBB9BB #BBBAB9 #B9BBB9 #B9BABB

square

#BBB9BB #BBBAB9 #B9BBB9 #B9BABB

split-complementary

#BBB9BB #BABBB9 #B9BBBA

monochromatic

#7F7B7F #9D9A9D #BBB9BB #D9D8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9BB

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9BB	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcecf',
    500: '#bbb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9bb;
$custom-light: #cfcecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78797,
    "c": 0.00356,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8B5A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9BB

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

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