#B3BEBD#B3BEBD

#B3BEBD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.012 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEBD
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(175, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -3.98, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 4.06, 191.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0121 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.012 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1873, 50.0843, 55.3682)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEBD #BEB3B4

analogous

#B3BEB8 #B3BEBD #B3BABE

triadic

#B3BEBD #BDB3BE #BEBDB3

tetradic

#B3BEBD #B8B3BE #BEB3B4 #BABEB3

square

#B3BEBD #B8B3BE #BEB3B4 #BABEB3

split-complementary

#B3BEBD #BEB3BA #BEB8B3

monochromatic

#728583 #92A2A0 #B3BEBD #D4DADA #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B3BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#B3BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEBD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEBD	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.012 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d0',
    500: '#b3bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bebd;
$custom-light: #c9d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79265,
    "c": 0.01226,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEBD

secondary

#918485

accent

#545992

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEBD

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

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