#B4A8AE#B4A8AE

#B4A8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.016 H 345.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8AE
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(330, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(330, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 5.40, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 5.61, 344.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0156 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.016 345.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4640, 40.7650, 45.7730)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8AE #A8B4AE

analogous

#B4A8B4 #B4A8AE #B4A8A8

triadic

#B4A8AE #AEB4A8 #A8AEB4

tetradic

#B4A8AE #B4B4A8 #A8B4AE #A8A8B4

square

#B4A8AE #B4B4A8 #A8B4AE #A8A8B4

split-complementary

#B4A8AE #A8B4A8 #A8B4B4

monochromatic

#796871 #98878F #B4A8AE #D0C9CD #EDEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B4A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8AE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8AE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.016 345.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1c6',
    500: '#b4a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8ae;
$custom-light: #cac1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.01612,
    "h": 345.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8AE

secondary

#DADEDC

accent

#917354

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8AE

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

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