#BBBBB1#BBBBB1

#BBBBB1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.014 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBB1
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 177)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -1.81, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 5.37, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.004 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.014 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1985, 49.2799, 48.6646)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBB1 #B1B1BB

analogous

#BBB6B1 #BBBBB1 #B6BBB1

triadic

#BBBBB1 #B1BBBB #BBB1BB

tetradic

#BBBBB1 #B1BBB6 #B1B1BB #BBB1B6

square

#BBBBB1 #B1BBB6 #B1B1BB #BBB1B6

split-complementary

#BBBBB1 #B1B6BB #B6B1BB

monochromatic

#818171 #9E9E90 #BBBBB1 #D8D8D2 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBBB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BBBBB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBB1

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBB1	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.014 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc8',
    500: '#bbbbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbb1;
$custom-light: #cfcfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78922,
    "c": 0.01387,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBB1

secondary

#E3E3E5

accent

#559155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBB1

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

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