#B3BFBC#B3BFBC

#B3BFBC is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.014 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFBC
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(165, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -4.70, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 4.70, 178.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0139 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.014 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2965, 50.4757, 54.8709)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFBC #BFB3B6

analogous

#B3BFB6 #B3BFBC #B3BCBF

triadic

#B3BFBC #BCB3BF #BFBCB3

tetradic

#B3BFBC #B6B3BF #BFB3B6 #BCBFB3

square

#B3BFBC #B6B3BF #BFB3B6 #BCBFB3

split-complementary

#B3BFBC #BFB3BC #BFB6B3

monochromatic

#718681 #92A39F #B3BFBC #D4DBD9 #EEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B3BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFBC

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFBC	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.014 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d2d0',
    500: '#b3bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfbc;
$custom-light: #c9d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79445,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFBC

secondary

#928488

accent

#536393

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFBC

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

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