#B2AEB2#B2AEB2

#B2AEB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.007 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEB2
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 2.16, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 2.66, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0059 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.007 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5307, 42.9515, 48.2134)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEB2 #AEB2AE

analogous

#B0AEB2 #B2AEB2 #B2AEB0

triadic

#B2AEB2 #B2B2AE #AEB2B2

tetradic

#B2AEB2 #B2B0AE #AEB2AE #AEB0B2

square

#B2AEB2 #B2B0AE #AEB2AE #AEB0B2

split-complementary

#B2AEB2 #B0B2AE #AEB2B0

monochromatic

#767076 #948F94 #B2AEB2 #D0CDD0 #EEEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B2AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B2AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEB2

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEB2	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.007 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6c9',
    500: '#b2aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aeb2;
$custom-light: #c9c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.532,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.00719,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEB2

secondary

#DDDEDD

accent

#8C5959

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEB2

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

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