#BBBBB2#BBBBB2

#BBBBB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.012 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBB2
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -1.63, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 4.84, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0036 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.012 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2986, 49.3199, 49.1915)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBB2 #B2B2BB

analogous

#BBB7B2 #BBBBB2 #B7BBB2

triadic

#BBBBB2 #B2BBBB #BBB2BB

tetradic

#BBBBB2 #B2BBB7 #B2B2BB #BBB2B7

square

#BBBBB2 #B2BBB7 #B2B2BB #BBB2B7

split-complementary

#BBBBB2 #B2B7BB #B7B2BB

monochromatic

#818172 #9E9E92 #BBBBB2 #D8D8D3 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BBBBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBB2

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBB2	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)

#BDBAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.012 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc9',
    500: '#bbbbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbb2;
$custom-light: #cfcfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7895,
    "c": 0.01249,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBB2

secondary

#E3E3E6

accent

#559055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBB2

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

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