#B4AEAD#B4AEAD

#B4AEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.007 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEAD
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(9, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(9, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 1.95, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 2.33, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0062 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.007 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5002, 42.9928, 45.6392)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEAD #ADB3B4

analogous

#B4ADB0 #B4AEAD #B4B2AD

triadic

#B4AEAD #ADB4AE #AEADB4

tetradic

#B4AEAD #B0B4AD #ADB3B4 #B2ADB4

square

#B4AEAD #B0B4AD #ADB3B4 #B2ADB4

split-complementary

#B4AEAD #ADB4B2 #ADB0B4

monochromatic

#78706E #978E8D #B4AEAD #D1CECD #EEEDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B4AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEAD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEAD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.007 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6c5',
    500: '#b4aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aead;
$custom-light: #cac6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 4.459,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75548,
    "c": 0.00703,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEAD

secondary

#DDDFDF

accent

#868E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEAD

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

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