#BBBBB3#BBBBB3

#BBBBB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.011 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBB3
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -1.45, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 4.30, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0032 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.011 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3993, 49.3602, 49.7222)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBB3 #B3B3BB

analogous

#BBB7B3 #BBBBB3 #B7BBB3

triadic

#BBBBB3 #B3BBBB #BBB3BB

tetradic

#BBBBB3 #B3BBB7 #B3B3BB #BBB3B7

square

#BBBBB3 #B3BBB7 #B3B3BB #BBB3B7

split-complementary

#BBBBB3 #B3B7BB #B7B3BB

monochromatic

#818173 #9E9E93 #BBBBB3 #D8D8D3 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBBBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBB3

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBB3	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.011 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc9',
    500: '#bbbbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbb3;
$custom-light: #cfcfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78978,
    "c": 0.01111,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBB3

secondary

#E4E4E6

accent

#568F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBB3

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

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