#B4AAA9#B4AAA9

#B4AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.012 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AAA9
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(5, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(5, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 6.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 3.40, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 3.85, 27.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0106 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.012 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3577, 41.3177, 43.3775)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AAA9 #A9B3B4

analogous

#B4A9AD #B4AAA9 #B4AFA9

triadic

#B4AAA9 #A9B4AA #AAA9B4

tetradic

#B4AAA9 #ADB4A9 #A9B3B4 #AFA9B4

square

#B4AAA9 #ADB4A9 #A9B3B4 #AFA9B4

split-complementary

#B4AAA9 #A9B4AF #A9ADB4

monochromatic

#796B6A #978A88 #B4AAA9 #D1CACA #EDEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B4AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B4AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AAA9

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AAA9	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.012 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac3c2',
    500: '#b4aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aaa9;
$custom-light: #cac3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 6.832,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AAA9

secondary

#DBDEDE

accent

#8B9155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AAA9

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

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