#B4ACA8#B4ACA8

#B4ACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.011 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ACA8
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(20, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 2.14, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 3.74, 55.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0072 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.011 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6419, 42.0359, 43.0109)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ACA8 #A8B0B4

analogous

#B4A8AA #B4ACA8 #B4B2A8

triadic

#B4ACA8 #A8B4AC #ACA8B4

tetradic

#B4ACA8 #AAB4A8 #A8B0B4 #B2A8B4

square

#B4ACA8 #AAB4A8 #A8B0B4 #B2A8B4

split-complementary

#B4ACA8 #A8B4B2 #A8AAB4

monochromatic

#796E68 #988D87 #B4ACA8 #D0CBC9 #EDEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B4ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ACA8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ACA8	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.011 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4c1',
    500: '#b4aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aca8;
$custom-light: #cac4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.01085,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ACA8

secondary

#DADDDE

accent

#7D9154

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ACA8

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

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