#B3BCBE#B3BCBE

#B3BCBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.010 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCBE
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -2.72, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 3.43, 217.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0088 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.01 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8660, 49.2674, 55.7984)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCBE #BEB5B3

analogous

#B3BEBB #B3BCBE #B3B7BE

triadic

#B3BCBE #BEB3BC #BCBEB3

tetradic

#B3BCBE #BBB3BE #BEB5B3 #B7BEB3

square

#B3BCBE #BBB3BE #BEB5B3 #B7BEB3

split-complementary

#B3BCBE #BEB3B7 #BEBBB3

monochromatic

#728185 #929FA2 #B3BCBE #D4D9DA #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#B3BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCBE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCBE	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.010 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d1',
    500: '#b3bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcbe;
$custom-light: #c9d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.01042,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCBE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#5F5492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCBE

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

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