#B4ABA9#B4ABA9

#B4ABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.011 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ABA9
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(11, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 6.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 2.86, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 3.59, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0091 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.011 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5459, 41.6941, 43.4402)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ABA9 #A9B2B4

analogous

#B4A9AC #B4ABA9 #B4B0A9

triadic

#B4ABA9 #A9B4AB #ABA9B4

tetradic

#B4ABA9 #ACB4A9 #A9B2B4 #B0A9B4

square

#B4ABA9 #ACB4A9 #A9B2B4 #B0A9B4

split-complementary

#B4ABA9 #A9B4B0 #A9ACB4

monochromatic

#796C6A #978B88 #B4ABA9 #D1CBCA #EDEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ABA9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ABA9	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.011 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4c2',
    500: '#b4aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aba9;
$custom-light: #cac4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 6.832,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.01078,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ABA9

secondary

#DBDDDE

accent

#869155

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ABA9

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

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