#B4A8B2#B4A8B2

#B4A8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.020 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8B2
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(310, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(310, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 6.14, -3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 7.11, 329.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0172 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.02 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8598, 40.9233, 47.8573)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8B2 #A8B4AA

analogous

#B0A8B4 #B4A8B2 #B4A8AC

triadic

#B4A8B2 #B2B4A8 #A8B2B4

tetradic

#B4A8B2 #B4B0A8 #A8B4AA #A8ACB4

square

#B4A8B2 #B4B0A8 #A8B4AA #A8ACB4

split-complementary

#B4A8B2 #ACB4A8 #A8B4B0

monochromatic

#796876 #988795 #B4A8B2 #D0C9CF #EDEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4A8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B4A8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8B2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8B2	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.020 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1c9',
    500: '#b4a8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8b2;
$custom-light: #cac1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.0196,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8B2

secondary

#DADEDB

accent

#915E54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8B2

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

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