#B4AEAC#B4AEAC

#B4AEAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.007 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEAC
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 1.77, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 2.51, 45.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0058 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.007 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4038, 42.9542, 45.1315)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEAC #ACB2B4

analogous

#B4ACAE #B4AEAC #B4B2AC

triadic

#B4AEAC #ACB4AE #AEACB4

tetradic

#B4AEAC #AEB4AC #ACB2B4 #B2ACB4

square

#B4AEAC #AEB4AC #ACB2B4 #B2ACB4

split-complementary

#B4AEAC #ACB4B2 #ACAEB4

monochromatic

#79706D #978F8C #B4AEAC #D1CDCC #EEEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEAC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEAC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.007 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6c4',
    500: '#b4aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeac;
$custom-light: #cac6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.00746,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEAC

secondary

#DDDEDF

accent

#818F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEAC

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

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