#B0ABA9#B0ABA9

#B0ABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.006 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0ABA9
RGB	rgb(176, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(17, 4%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 1.42, 1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 2.18, 49.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0047 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.006 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6278, 41.2207, 43.3972)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0ABA9 #A9AEB0

analogous

#B0A9AB #B0ABA9 #B0AEA9

triadic

#B0ABA9 #A9B0AB #ABA9B0

tetradic

#B0ABA9 #ABB0A9 #A9AEB0 #AEA9B0

square

#B0ABA9 #ABB0A9 #A9AEB0 #AEA9B0

split-complementary

#B0ABA9 #A9B0AE #A9ABB0

monochromatic

#746D6B #938C89 #B0ABA9 #CDCAC9 #EBE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B0ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B0ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0ABA9

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0ABA9	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.006 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c4c2',
    500: '#b0aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0aba9;
$custom-light: #c7c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 4.242,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.00643,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0ABA9

secondary

#D9DBDB

accent

#7E8E57

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0ABA9

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

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