#B3BCBB#B3BCBB

#B3BCBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCBB
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(173, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -3.30, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 3.35, 189.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.01 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.01 189)
XYZ	xyz(45.5415, 49.1376, 54.0893)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCBB #BCB3B4

analogous

#B3BCB7 #B3BCBB #B3B9BC

triadic

#B3BCBB #BBB3BC #BCBBB3

tetradic

#B3BCBB #B7B3BC #BCB3B4 #B9BCB3

square

#B3BCBB #B7B3BC #BCB3B4 #B9BCB3

split-complementary

#B3BCBB #BCB3B9 #BCB7B3

monochromatic

#738280 #929F9E #B3BCBB #D4D9D8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B3BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B3BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCBB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCBB	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0cf',
    500: '#b3bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcbb;
$custom-light: #c9d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78787,
    "c": 0.01009,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.49138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCBB

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#555C90

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCBB

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

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