#B4ACAE#B4ACAE

#B4ACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.010 H 0.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ACAE
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(345, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(345, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 3.22, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 3.22, 359.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0096 0)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.01 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2138, 42.2646, 46.0229)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ACAE #ACB4B2

analogous

#B4ACB2 #B4ACAE #B4AEAC

triadic

#B4ACAE #AEB4AC #ACAEB4

tetradic

#B4ACAE #B2B4AC #ACB4B2 #AEACB4

square

#B4ACAE #B2B4AC #ACB4B2 #AEACB4

split-complementary

#B4ACAE #ACB4AE #ACB2B4

monochromatic

#796D70 #978C8F #B4ACAE #D1CCCD #EEECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B4ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B4ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ACAE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ACAE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.010 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4c6',
    500: '#b4acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4acae;
$custom-light: #cac4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75167,
    "c": 0.00957,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ACAE

secondary

#DDDFDE

accent

#8F8157

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ACAE

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

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