#B3BABE#B3BABE

#B3BABE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.010 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BABE
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(202, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -1.65, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 3.31, 240.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0059 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.01 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4417, 48.4189, 55.6570)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BABE #BEB7B3

analogous

#B3BEBC #B3BABE #B3B5BE

triadic

#B3BABE #BEB3BA #BABEB3

tetradic

#B3BABE #BCB3BE #BEB7B3 #B5BEB3

square

#B3BABE #BCB3BE #BEB7B3 #B5BEB3

split-complementary

#B3BABE #BEB3B5 #BEBCB3

monochromatic

#727E85 #929CA2 #B3BABE #D4D8DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B3BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BABE

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BABE	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.010 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced1',
    500: '#b3babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3babe;
$custom-light: #c9ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7846,
    "c": 0.00968,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BABE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#6A5492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BABE

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

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