#B3BEC3#B3BEC3

#B3BEC3 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.014 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEC3
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -2.80, -3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 4.74, 233.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0097 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.014 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8521, 50.3502, 58.8694)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEC3 #C3B8B3

analogous

#B3C3C0 #B3BEC3 #B3B6C3

triadic

#B3BEC3 #C3B3BE #BEC3B3

tetradic

#B3BEC3 #C0B3C3 #C3B8B3 #B6C3B3

square

#B3BEC3 #C0B3C3 #C3B8B3 #B6C3B3

split-complementary

#B3BEC3 #C3B3B6 #C3C0B3

monochromatic

#6F838D #91A1A8 #B3BEC3 #D5DBDE #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B3BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEC3

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEC3	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.014 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d5',
    500: '#b3bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bec3;
$custom-light: #c9d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79447,
    "c": 0.01412,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEC3

secondary

#968A84

accent

#665096

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEC3

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

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