#B0BAB4#B0BAB4

#B0BAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.014 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0BAB4
RGB	rgb(176, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(144, 7%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(144, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -4.61, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 4.96, 158.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.013 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.014 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7000, 47.6429, 50.0649)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0BAB4 #BAB0B6

analogous

#B1BAB0 #B0BAB4 #B0BAB9

triadic

#B0BAB4 #B4B0BA #BAB4B0

tetradic

#B0BAB4 #B0B1BA #BAB0B6 #BAB9B0

square

#B0BAB4 #B0B1BA #BAB0B6 #BAB9B0

split-complementary

#B0BAB4 #B9B0BA #BAB0B1

monochromatic

#708076 #8F9D95 #B0BAB4 #D1D7D3 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B0BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#B0BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0BAB4

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0BAB4	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.014 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ceca',
    500: '#b0bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0bab4;
$custom-light: #c7ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.0139,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0BAB4

secondary

#E4E2E3

accent

#557991

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0BAB4

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

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