#B4AEB6#B4AEB6

#B4AEB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEB6
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(285, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 3.62, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 4.92, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0097 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4006, 43.3529, 50.3811)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEB6 #B0B6AE

analogous

#B0AEB6 #B4AEB6 #B6AEB4

triadic

#B4AEB6 #B6B4AE #AEB6B4

tetradic

#B4AEB6 #B6B0AE #B0B6AE #AEB4B6

square

#B4AEB6 #B6B0AE #B0B6AE #AEB4B6

split-complementary

#B4AEB6 #B4B6AE #AEB6B0

monochromatic

#786F7B #968E99 #B4AEB6 #D2CED3 #F0EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B4AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEB6

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEB6	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6cb',
    500: '#b4aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeb6;
$custom-light: #cac6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7582,
    "c": 0.0131,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEB6

secondary

#DFE1DF

accent

#8F5665

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEB6

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

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