#B3AAAE#B3AAAE

#B3AAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.012 H 348.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AAAE
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(333, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(333, 5%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 3.95, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 4.05, 347.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0115 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.012 348.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6040, 41.3895, 45.8861)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AAAE #AAB3AF

analogous

#B3AAB2 #B3AAAE #B3AAAA

triadic

#B3AAAE #AEB3AA #AAAEB3

tetradic

#B3AAAE #B2B3AA #AAB3AF #AAAAB3

square

#B3AAAE #B2B3AA #AAB3AF #AAAAB3

split-complementary

#B3AAAE #AAB3AA #AAB2B3

monochromatic

#786B71 #968A8F #B3AAAE #D0CACD #EDEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B3AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B3AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AAAE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AAAE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.012 348.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3c6',
    500: '#b3aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aaae;
$custom-light: #c9c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.333,
    "s": 5.59,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74673,
    "c": 0.01171,
    "h": 348.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AAAE

secondary

#DBDEDD

accent

#8F7656

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AAAE

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

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