#B4ACAA#B4ACAA

#B4ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ACAA
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(12, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(12, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 2.49, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 3.23, 39.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.008 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8297, 42.1110, 43.9997)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ACAA #AAB2B4

analogous

#B4AAAD #B4ACAA #B4B1AA

triadic

#B4ACAA #AAB4AC #ACAAB4

tetradic

#B4ACAA #ADB4AA #AAB2B4 #B1AAB4

square

#B4ACAA #ADB4AA #AAB2B4 #B1AAB4

split-complementary

#B4ACAA #AAB4B1 #AAADB4

monochromatic

#796E6B #978C89 #B4ACAA #D1CCCB #EDEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B4ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ACAA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ACAA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4c3',
    500: '#b4acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4acaa;
$custom-light: #cac4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.00966,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ACAA

secondary

#DBDEDE

accent

#849055

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ACAA

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

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