#B4AEAE#B4AEAE

#B4AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEAE
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 2.13, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 2.26, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0066 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5973, 43.0316, 46.1507)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEAE #AEB4B4

analogous

#B4AEB1 #B4AEAE #B4B1AE

triadic

#B4AEAE #AEB4AE #AEAEB4

tetradic

#B4AEAE #B1B4AE #AEB4B4 #B1AEB4

square

#B4AEAE #B1B4AE #AEB4B4 #B1AEB4

split-complementary

#B4AEAE #AEB4B1 #AEB1B4

monochromatic

#786F6F #978E8E #B4AEAE #D1CECE #EFEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B4AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEAE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEAE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6c6',
    500: '#b4aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeae;
$custom-light: #cac6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.00687,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEAE

secondary

#DEE0E0

accent

#8E8E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEAE

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

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