#B3BBBB#B3BBBB

#B3BBBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBBB
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -2.77, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 2.93, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0085 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(45.3286, 48.7119, 54.0183)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBBB #BBB3B3

analogous

#B3BBB7 #B3BBBB #B3B7BB

triadic

#B3BBBB #BBB3BB #BBBBB3

tetradic

#B3BBBB #B7B3BB #BBB3B3 #B7BBB3

square

#B3BBBB #B7B3BB #BBB3B3 #B7BBB3

split-complementary

#B3BBBB #BBB3B7 #BBB7B3

monochromatic

#738181 #939E9E #B3BBBB #D3D8D8 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B3BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B3BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBBB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBBB	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfcf',
    500: '#b3bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbbb;
$custom-light: #c9cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78578,
    "c": 0.00892,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.48712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBBB

secondary

#E6E4E4

accent

#56568F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBBB

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

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