#B3BBAE#B3BBAE

#B3BBAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.020 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBAE
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(97, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(97, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -5.19, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 7.65, 132.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0138 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.02 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9994, 48.1802, 47.0179)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBAE #B6AEBB

analogous

#B9BBAE #B3BBAE #AEBBAF

triadic

#B3BBAE #AEB3BB #BBAEB3

tetradic

#B3BBAE #AEB9BB #B6AEBB #BBAFAE

square

#B3BBAE #AEB9BB #B6AEBB #BBAFAE

split-complementary

#B3BBAE #AFAEBB #BBAEB9

monochromatic

#75826D #949F8D #B3BBAE #D2D7CF #EFF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#B3BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBAE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBAE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.020 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfc6',
    500: '#b3bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbae;
$custom-light: #c9cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.923,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.02014,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBAE

secondary

#E3E1E4

accent

#53937A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBAE

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

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