#B3BBBE#B3BBBE

#B3BBBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.010 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBBE
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -2.19, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 3.30, 228.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0073 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.01 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6531, 48.8417, 55.7274)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBBE #BEB6B3

analogous

#B3BEBC #B3BBBE #B3B6BE

triadic

#B3BBBE #BEB3BB #BBBEB3

tetradic

#B3BBBE #BCB3BE #BEB6B3 #B6BEB3

square

#B3BBBE #BCB3BE #BEB6B3 #B6BEB3

split-complementary

#B3BBBE #BEB3B6 #BEBCB3

monochromatic

#728085 #929DA2 #B3BBBE #D4D9DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B3BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B3BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBBE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBBE	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.010 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfd1',
    500: '#b3bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbbe;
$custom-light: #c9cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78668,
    "c": 0.00991,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBBE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#655492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBBE

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

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