#B3AEAD#B3AEAD

#B3AEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.006 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AEAD
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(10, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(10, 3%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 3.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 1.59, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 1.96, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0051 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.006 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2682, 42.8732, 45.6283)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AEAD #ADB2B3

analogous

#B3ADAF #B3AEAD #B3B1AD

triadic

#B3AEAD #ADB3AE #AEADB3

tetradic

#B3AEAD #AFB3AD #ADB2B3 #B1ADB3

square

#B3AEAD #AFB3AD #ADB2B3 #B1ADB3

split-complementary

#B3AEAD #ADB3B1 #ADAFB3

monochromatic

#77706E #968F8D #B3AEAD #D0CDCD #EEEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B3AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B3AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AEAD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AEAD	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.006 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6c5',
    500: '#b3aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aead;
$custom-light: #c9c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 3.797,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.00591,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AEAD

secondary

#DDDEDF

accent

#858E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AEAD

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

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