#B3ACAA#B3ACAA

#B3ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.009 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ACAA
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(13, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(13, 5%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 2.13, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 2.87, 41.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0069 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.009 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5977, 41.9913, 43.9888)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ACAA #AAB1B3

analogous

#B3AAAC #B3ACAA #B3B0AA

triadic

#B3ACAA #AAB3AC #ACAAB3

tetradic

#B3ACAA #ACB3AA #AAB1B3 #B0AAB3

square

#B3ACAA #ACB3AA #AAB1B3 #B0AAB3

split-complementary

#B3ACAA #AAB3B0 #AAACB3

monochromatic

#786E6B #968C8A #B3ACAA #D0CCCA #EDEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B3ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B3ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ACAA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ACAA	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.009 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4c3',
    500: '#b3acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3acaa;
$custom-light: #c9c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 5.59,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.00856,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ACAA

secondary

#DBDDDE

accent

#838F56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ACAA

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

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