#B4AEB2#B4AEB2

#B4AEB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEB2
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(320, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(320, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 2.87, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 3.14, 335.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0081 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9931, 43.1899, 48.2351)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEB2 #AEB4B0

analogous

#B3AEB4 #B4AEB2 #B4AEAF

triadic

#B4AEB2 #B2B4AE #AEB2B4

tetradic

#B4AEB2 #B4B3AE #AEB4B0 #AEAFB4

square

#B4AEB2 #B4B3AE #AEB4B0 #AEAFB4

split-complementary

#B4AEB2 #AFB4AE #AEB4B3

monochromatic

#786F75 #978E94 #B4AEB2 #D1CED0 #EFEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B4AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEB2

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEB2	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6c9',
    500: '#b4aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeb2;
$custom-light: #cac6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.00881,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEB2

secondary

#DEE0DF

accent

#8E6A58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEB2

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

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