#B2ABA8#B2ABA8

#B2ABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.009 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ABA8
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(18, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 1.96, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 3.12, 51.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0065 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.009 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9900, 41.4183, 42.9260)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ABA8 #A8AFB2

analogous

#B2A8AA #B2ABA8 #B2B0A8

triadic

#B2ABA8 #A8B2AB #ABA8B2

tetradic

#B2ABA8 #AAB2A8 #A8AFB2 #B0A8B2

square

#B2ABA8 #AAB2A8 #A8AFB2 #B0A8B2

split-complementary

#B2ABA8 #A8B2B0 #A8AAB2

monochromatic

#776D69 #958C88 #B2ABA8 #CFCAC8 #EBEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B2ABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B2ABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ABA8

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ABA8	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.009 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4c1',
    500: '#b2aba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aba8;
$custom-light: #c9c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74616,
    "c": 0.00914,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ABA8

secondary

#D9DCDC

accent

#7E9056

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ABA8

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

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