#B3BEBF#B3BEBF

#B3BEBF is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.012 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEBF
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(185, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -3.59, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 4.02, 206.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0113 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.012 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4059, 50.1717, 56.5194)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEBF #BFB4B3

analogous

#B3BFBA #B3BEBF #B3B8BF

triadic

#B3BEBF #BFB3BE #BEBFB3

tetradic

#B3BEBF #BAB3BF #BFB4B3 #B8BFB3

square

#B3BEBF #BAB3BF #BFB4B3 #B8BFB3

split-complementary

#B3BEBF #BFB3B8 #BFBAB3

monochromatic

#718586 #92A2A3 #B3BEBF #D4DADB #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B3BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEBF

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEBF	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)

#BCBDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.012 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d2',
    500: '#b3bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bebf;
$custom-light: #c9d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79325,
    "c": 0.01229,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEBF

secondary

#928584

accent

#585393

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEBF

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

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