#B3BEBE#B3BEBE

#B3BEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.012 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEBE
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -3.78, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 4.00, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0117 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.012 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2962, 50.1279, 55.9418)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEBE #BEB3B3

analogous

#B3BEB9 #B3BEBE #B3B9BE

triadic

#B3BEBE #BEB3BE #BEBEB3

tetradic

#B3BEBE #B9B3BE #BEB3B3 #B9BEB3

square

#B3BEBE #B9B3BE #BEB3B3 #B9BEB3

split-complementary

#B3BEBE #BEB3B9 #BEB9B3

monochromatic

#728585 #92A2A2 #B3BEBE #D4DADA #EFF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B3BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEBE

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEBE	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.012 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d1',
    500: '#b3bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bebe;
$custom-light: #c9d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.801,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.01219,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEBE

secondary

#918484

accent

#545492

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEBE

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

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