#B3AAA8#B3AAA8

#B3AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.011 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AAA8
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(11, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 6.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 2.86, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 3.60, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0091 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.011 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0321, 41.1607, 42.8741)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AAA8 #A8B1B3

analogous

#B3A8AB #B3AAA8 #B3AFA8

triadic

#B3AAA8 #A8B3AA #AAA8B3

tetradic

#B3AAA8 #ABB3A8 #A8B1B3 #AFA8B3

square

#B3AAA8 #ABB3A8 #A8B1B3 #AFA8B3

split-complementary

#B3AAA8 #A8B3AF #A8ABB3

monochromatic

#786B69 #968A87 #B3AAA8 #D0CAC9 #ECEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B3AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B3AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AAA8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AAA8	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.011 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3c1',
    500: '#b3aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aaa8;
$custom-light: #c9c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 6.748,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74495,
    "c": 0.01079,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AAA8

secondary

#DADCDD

accent

#869155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AAA8

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

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