#B3BABC#B3BABC

#B3BABC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.008 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BABC
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(193, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -2.04, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 2.76, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0067 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.008 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2246, 48.3320, 54.5136)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BABC #BCB5B3

analogous

#B3BCBA #B3BABC #B3B6BC

triadic

#B3BABC #BCB3BA #BABCB3

tetradic

#B3BABC #BAB3BC #BCB5B3 #B6BCB3

square

#B3BABC #BAB3BC #BCB5B3 #B6BCB3

split-complementary

#B3BABC #BCB3B6 #BCBAB3

monochromatic

#737F82 #929C9F #B3BABC #D4D8D9 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B3BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BABC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BABC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.008 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced0',
    500: '#b3babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3babc;
$custom-light: #c9ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.00833,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BABC

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#625590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BABC

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

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