#B4A8A8#B4A8A8

#B4A8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8A8
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 4.32, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 4.59, 19.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0133 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8921, 40.5362, 42.7609)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8A8 #A8B4B4

analogous

#B4A8AE #B4A8A8 #B4AEA8

triadic

#B4A8A8 #A8B4A8 #A8A8B4

tetradic

#B4A8A8 #AEB4A8 #A8B4B4 #AEA8B4

square

#B4A8A8 #AEB4A8 #A8B4B4 #AEA8B4

split-complementary

#B4A8A8 #A8B4AE #A8AEB4

monochromatic

#796868 #988787 #B4A8A8 #D0C9C9 #EDEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B4A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8A8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8A8	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1c1',
    500: '#b4a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8a8;
$custom-light: #cac1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74172,
    "c": 0.0139,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8A8

secondary

#DADEDE

accent

#919154

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8A8

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

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