#B3BEC4#B3BEC4

#B3BEC4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.015 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEC4
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(201, 13%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -2.60, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 5.05, 238.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0093 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.015 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9655, 50.3956, 59.4668)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEC4 #C4B9B3

analogous

#B3C4C1 #B3BEC4 #B3B5C4

triadic

#B3BEC4 #C4B3BE #BEC4B3

tetradic

#B3BEC4 #C1B3C4 #C4B9B3 #B5C4B3

square

#B3BEC4 #C1B3C4 #C4B9B3 #B5C4B3

split-complementary

#B3BEC4 #C4B3B5 #C4C1B3

monochromatic

#6E838E #91A1A9 #B3BEC4 #D5DBDF #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B3BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEC4

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEC4	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.015 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d5',
    500: '#b3bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bec4;
$custom-light: #c9d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 12.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.01488,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEC4

secondary

#988B84

accent

#684F97

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEC4

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

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