#B3ABA9#B3ABA9

#B3ABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABA9
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(12, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 5.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 2.50, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 3.23, 39.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.008 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3138, 41.5744, 43.4293)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABA9 #A9B1B3

analogous

#B3A9AC #B3ABA9 #B3B0A9

triadic

#B3ABA9 #A9B3AB #ABA9B3

tetradic

#B3ABA9 #ACB3A9 #A9B1B3 #B0A9B3

square

#B3ABA9 #ACB3A9 #A9B1B3 #B0A9B3

split-complementary

#B3ABA9 #A9B3B0 #A9ACB3

monochromatic

#786D6A #968B89 #B3ABA9 #D0CBC9 #ECEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B3ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABA9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABA9	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4c2',
    500: '#b3aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aba9;
$custom-light: #c9c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 6.173,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.00967,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABA9

secondary

#DADDDD

accent

#849055

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABA9

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

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