#B3BCBA#B3BCBA

#B3BCBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCBA
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(167, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(167, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -3.49, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 3.49, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0104 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.01 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4348, 49.0950, 53.5275)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCBA #BCB3B5

analogous

#B3BCB6 #B3BCBA #B3BABC

triadic

#B3BCBA #BAB3BC #BCBAB3

tetradic

#B3BCBA #B6B3BC #BCB3B5 #BABCB3

square

#B3BCBA #B6B3BC #BCB3B5 #BABCB3

split-complementary

#B3BCBA #BCB3BA #BCB6B3

monochromatic

#73827F #929F9C #B3BCBA #D4D9D8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B3BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#B3BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCBA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCBA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0ce',
    500: '#b3bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcba;
$custom-light: #c9d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.01037,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCBA

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#556290

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCBA

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

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