#B3AAAA#B3AAAA

#B3AAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.010 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AAAA
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 3.22, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 3.42, 19.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0099 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.01 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2199, 41.2358, 43.8629)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AAAA #AAB3B3

analogous

#B3AAAE #B3AAAA #B3AEAA

triadic

#B3AAAA #AAB3AA #AAAAB3

tetradic

#B3AAAA #AEB3AA #AAB3B3 #AEAAB3

square

#B3AAAA #AEB3AA #AAB3B3 #AEAAB3

split-complementary

#B3AAAA #AAB3AE #AAAEB3

monochromatic

#786B6B #968A8A #B3AAAA #D0CACA #EDEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B3AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B3AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AAAA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AAAA	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.010 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3c3',
    500: '#b3aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aaaa;
$custom-light: #c9c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.59,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.01037,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AAAA

secondary

#DBDEDE

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AAAA

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

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