#B4AEB8#B4AEB8

#B4AEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEB8
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(276, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 4.01, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 5.91, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0105 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6087, 43.4362, 51.4774)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEB8 #B2B8AE

analogous

#AFAEB8 #B4AEB8 #B8AEB7

triadic

#B4AEB8 #B8B4AE #AEB8B4

tetradic

#B4AEB8 #B8AFAE #B2B8AE #AEB7B8

square

#B4AEB8 #B8AFAE #B2B8AE #AEB7B8

split-complementary

#B4AEB8 #B7B8AE #AEB8AF

monochromatic

#776E7E #968D9B #B4AEB8 #D2CFD5 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B4AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEB8

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEB8	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6cd',
    500: '#b4aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aeb8;
$custom-light: #cac6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75883,
    "c": 0.01557,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEB8

secondary

#E1E2E0

accent

#90556D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEB8

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

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