#BBBBBB
#BBBBBB
Neutrals · #bbb is the three-digit shorthand for #BBBBBB. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #BBBBBB |
|---|---|
| RGB | 187, 187, 187 |
| HSL | 0°, 0%, 73% |
| CMYK | 0%, 0%, 0%, 27% |
| Relative luminance | 0.5 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
1.92:1 Below AA
Aa
On black
10.94:1 Passes AA
Shade scale
50100200300400500600700800
Seen with colour blindness
ProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
How to read this
- A hex code writes red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each. #ff0000 is red at full strength and the others at zero.
- HSL states hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness. Nudging a colour brighter means changing one number, which is why it is easier to work with by hand.
- Text contrast follows WCAG. Body-size text needs 4.5:1 or better, and 21:1 between white and black is the maximum possible.
- The colour-blindness row computes how this colour appears under three types of colour vision deficiency — the reason never to encode information in colour alone.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Are #bbb and #BBBBBB the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #bbb expands to #BBBBBB. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #BBBBBB?
Black text. Contrast against white is 1.92:1 and against black 10.94:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #BBBBBB?
Greige. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.