#B2AEB4#B2AEB4

#B2AEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.010 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEB4
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 2.54, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 3.61, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0067 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.01 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7330, 43.0325, 49.2787)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEB4 #B0B4AE

analogous

#AFAEB4 #B2AEB4 #B4AEB3

triadic

#B2AEB4 #B4B2AE #AEB4B2

tetradic

#B2AEB4 #B4AFAE #B0B4AE #AEB3B4

square

#B2AEB4 #B4AFAE #B0B4AE #AEB3B4

split-complementary

#B2AEB4 #B3B4AE #AEB4AF

monochromatic

#756F78 #948E97 #B2AEB4 #D0CED1 #EEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B2AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B2AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEB4

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEB4	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.010 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6ca',
    500: '#b2aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aeb4;
$custom-light: #c9c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.00955,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEB4

secondary

#DFE0DE

accent

#8E586A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEB4

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

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