#B2ACB8#B2ACB8

#B2ACB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.018 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2ACB8
RGB	rgb(178, 172, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 4.40, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 6.94, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0113 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.018 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7629, 42.4308, 51.3279)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2ACB8 #B2B8AC

analogous

#ACACB8 #B2ACB8 #B8ACB8

triadic

#B2ACB8 #B8B2AC #ACB8B2

tetradic

#B2ACB8 #B8ACAC #B2B8AC #ACB8B8

square

#B2ACB8 #B8ACAC #B2B8AC #ACB8B8

split-complementary

#B2ACB8 #B8B8AC #ACB8AC

monochromatic

#756C7E #938B9C #B2ACB8 #D1CDD4 #EFEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B2ACB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B2ACB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2ACB8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2ACB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2ACB8	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2acb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 172, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.018 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4cd',
    500: '#b2acb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2acb8;
$custom-light: #c9c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2acb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 7.792,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75308,
    "c": 0.01819,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2ACB8

secondary

#E0E2DE

accent

#925473

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2ACB8

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

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