#B3BEBB#B3BEBB

#B3BEBB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.013 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEBB
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(164, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(164, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -4.36, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 4.37, 177.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0128 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.013 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9717, 49.9981, 54.2327)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEBB #BEB3B6

analogous

#B3BEB6 #B3BEBB #B3BCBE

triadic

#B3BEBB #BBB3BE #BEBBB3

tetradic

#B3BEBB #B6B3BE #BEB3B6 #BCBEB3

square

#B3BEBB #B6B3BE #BEB3B6 #BCBEB3

split-complementary

#B3BEBB #BEB3BC #BEB6B3

monochromatic

#728580 #92A29D #B3BEBB #D4DAD9 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B3BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#B3BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEBB

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEBB	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.013 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1cf',
    500: '#b3bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bebb;
$custom-light: #c9d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79205,
    "c": 0.01286,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEBB

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#546592

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEBB

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

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