#B3BCBF#B3BCBF

#B3BCBF is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.011 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCBF
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -2.53, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 3.62, 225.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0084 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.011 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9757, 49.3113, 56.3760)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCBF #BFB6B3

analogous

#B3BFBC #B3BCBF #B3B6BF

triadic

#B3BCBF #BFB3BC #BCBFB3

tetradic

#B3BCBF #BCB3BF #BFB6B3 #B6BFB3

square

#B3BCBF #BCB3BF #BFB6B3 #B6BFB3

split-complementary

#B3BCBF #BFB3B6 #BFBCB3

monochromatic

#718186 #929FA3 #B3BCBF #D4D9DB #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B3BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCBF

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCBF	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.011 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d2',
    500: '#b3bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcbf;
$custom-light: #c9d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78907,
    "c": 0.0109,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCBF

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#635393

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCBF

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

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