#B3BDBE#B3BDBE

#B3BDBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.011 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDBE
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(185, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -3.25, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 3.67, 207.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0102 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.011 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0804, 49.6962, 55.8698)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDBE #BEB4B3

analogous

#B3BEBA #B3BDBE #B3B8BE

triadic

#B3BDBE #BEB3BD #BDBEB3

tetradic

#B3BDBE #BAB3BE #BEB4B3 #B8BEB3

square

#B3BDBE #BAB3BE #BEB4B3 #B8BEB3

split-complementary

#B3BDBE #BEB3B8 #BEBAB3

monochromatic

#728385 #92A0A2 #B3BDBE #D4DADA #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B3BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B3BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDBE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDBE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.011 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d1',
    500: '#b3bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdbe;
$custom-light: #c9d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79085,
    "c": 0.0112,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDBE

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#595492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDBE

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

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