#B3BEBC#B3BEBC

#B3BEBC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.012 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEBC
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(169, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -4.17, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 4.18, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0124 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.012 184)
XYZ	xyz(46.0791, 50.0410, 54.7985)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEBC #BEB3B5

analogous

#B3BEB7 #B3BEBC #B3BBBE

triadic

#B3BEBC #BCB3BE #BEBCB3

tetradic

#B3BEBC #B7B3BE #BEB3B5 #BBBEB3

square

#B3BEBC #B7B3BE #BEB3B5 #BBBEB3

split-complementary

#B3BEBC #BEB3BB #BEB7B3

monochromatic

#728581 #92A29F #B3BEBC #D4DAD9 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B3BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B3BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEBC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEBC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.012 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d0',
    500: '#b3bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bebc;
$custom-light: #c9d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79235,
    "c": 0.01248,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.50041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEBC

secondary

#918487

accent

#545F92

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEBC

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

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