#B4A8AA#B4A8AA

#B4A8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.014 H 5.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8AA
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(350, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(350, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 4.67, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 4.70, 6.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0141 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.014 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0798, 40.6113, 43.7498)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8AA #A8B4B2

analogous

#B4A8B0 #B4A8AA #B4ACA8

triadic

#B4A8AA #AAB4A8 #A8AAB4

tetradic

#B4A8AA #B0B4A8 #A8B4B2 #ACA8B4

square

#B4A8AA #B0B4A8 #A8B4B2 #ACA8B4

split-complementary

#B4A8AA #A8B4AC #A8B0B4

monochromatic

#79686B #98878A #B4A8AA #D0C9CA #EDEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4A8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B4A8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8AA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8AA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.014 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1c3',
    500: '#b4a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8aa;
$custom-light: #cac1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74231,
    "c": 0.01413,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8AA

secondary

#DADEDD

accent

#918754

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8AA

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

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