#B4AEB4#B4AEB4

#B4AEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEB4
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 3.24, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 3.98, 324.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0089 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1954, 43.2709, 49.3004)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEB4 #AEB4AE

analogous

#B1AEB4 #B4AEB4 #B4AEB1

triadic

#B4AEB4 #B4B4AE #AEB4B4

tetradic

#B4AEB4 #B4B1AE #AEB4AE #AEB1B4

square

#B4AEB4 #B4B1AE #AEB4AE #AEB1B4

split-complementary

#B4AEB4 #B1B4AE #AEB4B1

monochromatic

#786F78 #978E97 #B4AEB4 #D1CED1 #EFEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B4AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEB4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEB4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6ca',
    500: '#b4aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeb4;
$custom-light: #cac6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.0108,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEB4

secondary

#DEE0DE

accent

#8E5858

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEB4

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

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