#BBBBB5#BBBBB5

#BBBBB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBB5
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -1.10, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 3.23, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0024 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6031, 49.4417, 50.7952)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBB5 #B5B5BB

analogous

#BBB8B5 #BBBBB5 #B8BBB5

triadic

#BBBBB5 #B5BBBB #BBB5BB

tetradic

#BBBBB5 #B5BBB8 #B5B5BB #BBB5B8

square

#BBBBB5 #B5BBB8 #B5B5BB #BBB5B8

split-complementary

#BBBBB5 #B5B8BB #B8B5BB

monochromatic

#808076 #9E9E95 #BBBBB5 #D8D8D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBB5

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBB5	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfcb',
    500: '#bbbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbb5;
$custom-light: #cfcfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79034,
    "c": 0.00834,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBB5

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#578E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBB5

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

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