#B3BBCB#B3BBCB

#B3BBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.024 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBCB
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(220, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 0.42, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 9.01, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0024 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.024 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1378, 49.4356, 63.5469)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBCB #CBC3B3

analogous

#B3C7CB #B3BBCB #B7B3CB

triadic

#B3BBCB #CBB3BB #BBCBB3

tetradic

#B3BBCB #CBB3C7 #CBC3B3 #B3CBB7

square

#B3BBCB #CBB3C7 #CBC3B3 #B3CBB7

split-complementary

#B3BBCB #CBB7B3 #C7CBB3

monochromatic

#6A7A99 #8F9AB2 #B3BBCB #D7DCE4 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B3BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBCB

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBCB	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.024 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfda',
    500: '#b3bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbcb;
$custom-light: #c9cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.02434,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBCB

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#81489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBCB

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

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