#B2AEB8#B2AEB8

#B2AEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.015 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEB8
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(264, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 3.31, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 5.66, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0083 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.015 304)
XYZ	xyz(42.1464, 43.1978, 51.4558)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEB8 #B4B8AE

analogous

#AEAFB8 #B2AEB8 #B7AEB8

triadic

#B2AEB8 #B8B2AE #AEB8B2

tetradic

#B2AEB8 #B8AEAF #B4B8AE #AEB8B7

square

#B2AEB8 #B8AEAF #B4B8AE #AEB8B7

split-complementary

#B2AEB8 #B8B7AE #AFB8AE

monochromatic

#746E7E #938D9B #B2AEB8 #D1CFD5 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B2AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B2AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEB8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEB8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.015 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6cd',
    500: '#b2aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aeb8;
$custom-light: #c9c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.01477,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEB8

secondary

#E1E2E0

accent

#905579

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEB8

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

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