#B0AAA9#B0AAA9

#B0AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.007 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AAA9
RGB	rgb(176, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(9, 4%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 1.96, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 2.34, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0062 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.007 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4397, 40.8444, 43.3345)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AAA9 #A9AFB0

analogous

#B0A9AB #B0AAA9 #B0ADA9

triadic

#B0AAA9 #A9B0AA #AAA9B0

tetradic

#B0AAA9 #ABB0A9 #A9AFB0 #ADA9B0

square

#B0AAA9 #ABB0A9 #A9AFB0 #ADA9B0

split-complementary

#B0AAA9 #A9B0AD #A9ABB0

monochromatic

#746C6B #938A89 #B0AAA9 #CDCAC9 #EBE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B0AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B0AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AAA9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AAA9	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.007 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c3c2',
    500: '#b0aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aaa9;
$custom-light: #c7c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 4.242,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.00707,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AAA9

secondary

#D9DBDB

accent

#868E57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AAA9

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

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