#B2AEAE#B2AEAE

#B2AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEAE
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 1.42, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 1.51, 19.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1350, 42.7932, 46.1291)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEAE #AEB2B2

analogous

#B2AEB0 #B2AEAE #B2B0AE

triadic

#B2AEAE #AEB2AE #AEAEB2

tetradic

#B2AEAE #B0B2AE #AEB2B2 #B0AEB2

square

#B2AEAE #B0B2AE #AEB2B2 #B0AEB2

split-complementary

#B2AEAE #AEB2B0 #AEB0B2

monochromatic

#767070 #948F8F #B2AEAE #D0CDCD #EEEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B2AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B2AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEAE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEAE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6c6',
    500: '#b2aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aeae;
$custom-light: #c9c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.532,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.00458,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEAE

secondary

#DDDEDE

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEAE

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

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