#B3BBBD#B3BBBD

#B3BBBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.009 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBBD
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(192, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -2.38, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 3.09, 219.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0077 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.009 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5442, 48.7981, 55.1538)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBBD #BDB5B3

analogous

#B3BDBA #B3BBBD #B3B6BD

triadic

#B3BBBD #BDB3BB #BBBDB3

tetradic

#B3BBBD #BAB3BD #BDB5B3 #B6BDB3

square

#B3BBBD #BAB3BD #BDB5B3 #B6BDB3

split-complementary

#B3BBBD #BDB3B6 #BDBAB3

monochromatic

#728083 #929EA1 #B3BBBD #D4D8D9 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B3BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B3BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBBD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBBD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.009 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfd0',
    500: '#b3bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbbd;
$custom-light: #c9cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78638,
    "c": 0.00938,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBBD

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#615591

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBBD

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

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