Light gray
#B3BBBE
#B3BBBE is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.7:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B3BBBE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B3BBBE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F8FA
- 100 E6ECEF
- 200 D4DADD
- 300 B3BBBE
- 400 9DA4A7
- 500 82898C
- 600 676F71
- 700 505759
- 800 3B4143
- 900 272C2E
- 950 15191A
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f2f8fa; --color-gray-100: #e6ecef; --color-gray-200: #d4dadd; --color-gray-300: #b3bbbe; --color-gray-400: #9da4a7; --color-gray-500: #82898c; --color-gray-600: #676f71; --color-gray-700: #505759; --color-gray-800: #3b4143; --color-gray-900: #272c2e; --color-gray-950: #15191a;}Is #B3BBBE readable?
Contrast for text on #B3BBBE and for #B3BBBE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 42 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.7APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #70787B · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.7APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #B3BBBE
Six palettes built around #B3BBBE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B3BBBE · #4E85C3 · #00C9BF · #E3E2FF · #283336
- Complementary#B3BBBE · #DF7549 · #FF9860 · #B4EEFF · #1F2A2F
- Split complementary#B3BBBE · #D07E89 · #E98E00 · #AFECFF · #15252A
- Triadic#B3BBBE · #AE6397 · #D3B100 · #B6E7FF · #18282E
- Tetradic#B3BBBE · #9D6EC2 · #FF9776 · #C2F0A5 · #1F353C
- Monochromatic#B3BBBE · #1B92AD · #00A8DE · #C4F1FF · #232E34
#B3BBBE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B3BBBE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F8FA
- Brand 100, #E6ECEF
- Brand 200, #D4DADD
- Brand 300, #B3BBBE
- Brand 400, #9DA4A7
- Brand 500, #82898C
- Brand 600, #676F71
- Brand 700, #505759
- Brand 800, #3B4143
- Brand 900, #272C2E
- Brand 950, #15191A
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E6
- Neutral 300, #D2D5D6
- Neutral 400, #9EA2A3
- Neutral 500, #707476
- Neutral 600, #515556
- Neutral 700, #3D4142
- Neutral 800, #25282A
- Neutral 900, #15181A
- Neutral 950, #080B0C
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E7A750
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.1:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.1:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #B3BBBE
Lighter and darker versions of #B3BBBE.