#BBBBB9#BBBBB9

#BBBBB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.003 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBB9
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -0.37, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 1.08, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.003 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0194, 49.6083, 52.9878)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBB9 #B9B9BB

analogous

#BBBAB9 #BBBBB9 #BABBB9

triadic

#BBBBB9 #B9BBBB #BBB9BB

tetradic

#BBBBB9 #B9BBBA #B9B9BB #BBB9BA

square

#BBBBB9 #B9BBBA #B9B9BB #BBB9BA

split-complementary

#BBBBB9 #B9BABB #BAB9BB

monochromatic

#7F7F7B #9D9D9A #BBBBB9 #D9D9D8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBB9

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBB9	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.003 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfce',
    500: '#bbbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbb9;
$custom-light: #cfcfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79149,
    "c": 0.00278,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBB9

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#5A8B5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBB9

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

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