#B2A8A8#B2A8A8

#B2A8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.012 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A8A8
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 3.59, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 3.81, 19.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.011 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.012 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4297, 40.2978, 42.7393)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A8A8 #A8B2B2

analogous

#B2A8AD #B2A8A8 #B2ADA8

triadic

#B2A8A8 #A8B2A8 #A8A8B2

tetradic

#B2A8A8 #ADB2A8 #A8B2B2 #ADA8B2

square

#B2A8A8 #ADB2A8 #A8B2B2 #ADA8B2

split-complementary

#B2A8A8 #A8B2AD #A8ADB2

monochromatic

#776969 #958888 #B2A8A8 #CFC8C8 #EBE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B2A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B2A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A8A8

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A8A8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.012 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c1c1',
    500: '#b2a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a8a8;
$custom-light: #c9c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73999,
    "c": 0.01156,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A8A8

secondary

#D9DCDC

accent

#909056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A8A8

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

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