#B4ACAC#B4ACAC

#B4ACAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.009 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ACAC
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 2.85, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 3.03, 19.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0088 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.009 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0203, 42.1872, 45.0037)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ACAC #ACB4B4

analogous

#B4ACB0 #B4ACAC #B4B0AC

triadic

#B4ACAC #ACB4AC #ACACB4

tetradic

#B4ACAC #B0B4AC #ACB4B4 #B0ACB4

square

#B4ACAC #B0B4AC #ACB4B4 #B0ACB4

split-complementary

#B4ACAC #ACB4B0 #ACB0B4

monochromatic

#796D6D #978C8C #B4ACAC #D1CCCC #EEECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4ACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B4ACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ACAC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ACAC	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4acac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.009 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4c4',
    500: '#b4acac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4acac;
$custom-light: #cac4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4acac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.0092,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ACAC

secondary

#DDDFDF

accent

#8F8F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ACAC

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

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