#B3BCBC#B3BCBC

#B3BCBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCBC
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -3.11, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 3.29, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0096 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.01 197)
XYZ	xyz(45.6489, 49.1806, 54.6551)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCBC #BCB3B3

analogous

#B3BCB8 #B3BCBC #B3B8BC

triadic

#B3BCBC #BCB3BC #BCBCB3

tetradic

#B3BCBC #B8B3BC #BCB3B3 #B8BCB3

square

#B3BCBC #B8B3BC #BCB3B3 #B8BCB3

split-complementary

#B3BCBC #BCB3B8 #BCB8B3

monochromatic

#738282 #929F9F #B3BCBC #D4D9D9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B3BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B3BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCBC

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCBC	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d0',
    500: '#b3bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcbc;
$custom-light: #c9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78816,
    "c": 0.01002,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.49181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCBC

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#555590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCBC

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

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