#B3BCBD#B3BCBD

#B3BCBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.010 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCBD
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(186, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -2.92, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 3.32, 208.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0092 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.01 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7571, 49.2239, 55.2247)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCBD #BDB4B3

analogous

#B3BDB9 #B3BCBD #B3B7BD

triadic

#B3BCBD #BDB3BC #BCBDB3

tetradic

#B3BCBD #B9B3BD #BDB4B3 #B7BDB3

square

#B3BCBD #B9B3BD #BDB4B3 #B7BDB3

split-complementary

#B3BCBD #BDB3B7 #BDB9B3

monochromatic

#728283 #929FA1 #B3BCBD #D4D9D9 #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B3BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#B3BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCBD

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCBD	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)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.010 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d0',
    500: '#b3bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcbd;
$custom-light: #c9d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78847,
    "c": 0.01012,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCBD

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#5B5591

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCBD

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

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