#B3BFBD#B3BFBD

#B3BFBD is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.014 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFBD
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(170, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -4.51, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 4.53, 185.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0135 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.014 185)
XYZ	xyz(46.4046, 50.5190, 55.4406)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFBD #BFB3B5

analogous

#B3BFB7 #B3BFBD #B3BBBF

triadic

#B3BFBD #BDB3BF #BFBDB3

tetradic

#B3BFBD #B7B3BF #BFB3B5 #BBBFB3

square

#B3BFBD #B7B3BF #BFB3B5 #BBBFB3

split-complementary

#B3BFBD #BFB3BB #BFB7B3

monochromatic

#718683 #92A3A0 #B3BFBD #D4DBDA #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B3BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFBD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFBD	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)

#BEBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.014 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d2d0',
    500: '#b3bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfbd;
$custom-light: #c9d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79474,
    "c": 0.01354,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.50519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFBD

secondary

#928486

accent

#535E93

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFBD

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

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