#B1AAA9#B1AAA9

#B1AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.008 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AAA9
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(8, 5%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(8, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 4.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 2.32, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 2.71, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0073 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.008 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6667, 40.9614, 43.3451)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AAA9 #A9B0B1

analogous

#B1A9AC #B1AAA9 #B1AEA9

triadic

#B1AAA9 #A9B1AA #AAA9B1

tetradic

#B1AAA9 #ACB1A9 #A9B0B1 #AEA9B1

square

#B1AAA9 #ACB1A9 #A9B0B1 #AEA9B1

split-complementary

#B1AAA9 #A9B1AE #A9ACB1

monochromatic

#756C6A #948A89 #B1AAA9 #CECAC9 #EBE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B1AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B1AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AAA9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AAA9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.008 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c3c2',
    500: '#b1aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aaa9;
$custom-light: #c8c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.0082,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AAA9

secondary

#DADCDC

accent

#888F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AAA9

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

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