#B4ACB4#B4ACB4

#B4ACB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.014 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ACB4
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 4.33, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 5.31, 324.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0119 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.014 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8119, 42.5038, 49.1725)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ACB4 #ACB4AC

analogous

#B0ACB4 #B4ACB4 #B4ACB0

triadic

#B4ACB4 #B4B4AC #ACB4B4

tetradic

#B4ACB4 #B4B0AC #ACB4AC #ACB0B4

square

#B4ACB4 #B4B0AC #ACB4AC #ACB0B4

split-complementary

#B4ACB4 #B0B4AC #ACB4B0

monochromatic

#796D79 #978C97 #B4ACB4 #D1CCD1 #EEECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4ACB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B4ACB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ACB4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ACB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ACB4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAFB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4acb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.014 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4ca',
    500: '#b4acb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4acb4;
$custom-light: #cac4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4acb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7535,
    "c": 0.01441,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ACB4

secondary

#DDDFDD

accent

#8F5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ACB4

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

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