#B3BFBF#B3BFBF

#B3BFBF is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.013 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFBF
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -4.12, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 4.36, 199.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0127 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.013 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6232, 50.6064, 56.5918)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFBF #BFB3B3

analogous

#B3BFB9 #B3BFBF #B3B9BF

triadic

#B3BFBF #BFB3BF #BFBFB3

tetradic

#B3BFBF #B9B3BF #BFB3B3 #B9BFB3

square

#B3BFBF #B9B3BF #BFB3B3 #B9BFB3

split-complementary

#B3BFBF #BFB3B9 #BFB9B3

monochromatic

#718686 #92A3A3 #B3BFBF #D4DBDB #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B3BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFBF

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFBF	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBCBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.013 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d2d2',
    500: '#b3bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfbf;
$custom-light: #c9d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.01327,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFBF

secondary

#928484

accent

#535393

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFBF

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

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