#B4AEA8#B4AEA8

#B4AEA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.011 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEA8
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 1.05, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 3.98, 74.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0042 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.011 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0254, 42.8029, 43.1387)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEA8 #A8AEB4

analogous

#B4A8A8 #B4AEA8 #B4B4A8

triadic

#B4AEA8 #A8B4AE #AEA8B4

tetradic

#B4AEA8 #A8B4A8 #A8AEB4 #B4A8B4

square

#B4AEA8 #A8B4A8 #A8AEB4 #B4A8B4

split-complementary

#B4AEA8 #A8B4B4 #A8A8B4

monochromatic

#797168 #988F87 #B4AEA8 #D0CDC9 #EDEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B4AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEA8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEA8	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.011 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6c1',
    500: '#b4aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aea8;
$custom-light: #cac6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.01093,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEA8

secondary

#DADCDE

accent

#739154

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEA8

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

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