#B0A8A8#B0A8A8

#B0A8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.009 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A8A8
RGB	rgb(176, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 4.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 2.87, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 3.05, 19.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0088 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.009 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9741, 40.0628, 42.7179)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A8A8 #A8B0B0

analogous

#B0A8AC #B0A8A8 #B0ACA8

triadic

#B0A8A8 #A8B0A8 #A8A8B0

tetradic

#B0A8A8 #ACB0A8 #A8B0B0 #ACA8B0

square

#B0A8A8 #ACB0A8 #A8B0B0 #ACA8B0

split-complementary

#B0A8A8 #A8B0AC #A8ACB0

monochromatic

#746969 #938888 #B0A8A8 #CDC8C8 #EAE8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B0A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B0A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A8A8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A8A8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.009 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1c1',
    500: '#b0a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a8a8;
$custom-light: #c7c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.00924,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A8A8

secondary

#D9DBDB

accent

#8F8F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A8A8

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

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