#B3BFBE#B3BFBE

#B3BFBE is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.013 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFBE
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(175, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -4.31, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 4.41, 192.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0131 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.013 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5136, 50.5625, 56.0142)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFBE #BFB3B4

analogous

#B3BFB8 #B3BFBE #B3BABF

triadic

#B3BFBE #BEB3BF #BFBEB3

tetradic

#B3BFBE #B8B3BF #BFB3B4 #BABFB3

square

#B3BFBE #B8B3BF #BFB3B4 #BABFB3

split-complementary

#B3BFBE #BFB3BA #BFB8B3

monochromatic

#718685 #92A3A2 #B3BFBE #D4DBDA #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B3BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFBE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFBE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.013 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d2d1',
    500: '#b3bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfbe;
$custom-light: #c9d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79504,
    "c": 0.01333,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFBE

secondary

#928485

accent

#535893

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFBE

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

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