#B3ABA7#B3ABA7

#B3ABA7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.011 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABA7
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(20, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 7%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 6.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 2.14, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 3.75, 55.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0072 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.011 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1275, 41.4999, 42.4481)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABA7 #A7AFB3

analogous

#B3A7A9 #B3ABA7 #B3B1A7

triadic

#B3ABA7 #A7B3AB #ABA7B3

tetradic

#B3ABA7 #A9B3A7 #A7AFB3 #B1A7B3

square

#B3ABA7 #A9B3A7 #A7AFB3 #B1A7B3

split-complementary

#B3ABA7 #A7B3B1 #A7A9B3

monochromatic

#786D68 #978C86 #B3ABA7 #CFCAC8 #ECEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B3ABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B3ABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABA7

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABA7	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.011 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4c1',
    500: '#b3aba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aba7;
$custom-light: #c9c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 7.317,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.01086,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABA7

secondary

#D9DCDD

accent

#7D9154

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABA7

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

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