#BBBBB8#BBBBB8

#BBBBB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.004 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBB8
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -0.55, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 1.61, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0012 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.004 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9142, 49.5662, 52.4338)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBB8 #B8B8BB

analogous

#BBB9B8 #BBBBB8 #B9BBB8

triadic

#BBBBB8 #B8BBBB #BBB8BB

tetradic

#BBBBB8 #B8BBB9 #B8B8BB #BBB8B9

square

#BBBBB8 #B8BBB9 #B8B8BB #BBB8B9

split-complementary

#BBBBB8 #B8B9BB #B9B8BB

monochromatic

#7F7F7A #9D9D99 #BBBBB8 #D9D9D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BBBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBB8

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBB8	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.004 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfcd',
    500: '#bbbbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbb8;
$custom-light: #cfcfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.158,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7912,
    "c": 0.00417,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBB8

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#5A8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBB8

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

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