#B4B0AE#B4B0AE

#B4B0AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.005 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B0AE
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(20, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 1.05, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 1.85, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0036 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.005 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9866, 43.8102, 46.2805)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B0AE #AEB2B4

analogous

#B4AEAF #B4B0AE #B4B3AE

triadic

#B4B0AE #AEB4B0 #B0AEB4

tetradic

#B4B0AE #AFB4AE #AEB2B4 #B3AEB4

square

#B4B0AE #AFB4AE #AEB2B4 #B3AEB4

split-complementary

#B4B0AE #AEB4B3 #AEAFB4

monochromatic

#78726F #97918E #B4B0AE #D1CFCE #EFEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B4B0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B0AE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B0AE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.005 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac7c6',
    500: '#b4b0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b0ae;
$custom-light: #cac7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7599,
    "c": 0.00539,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B0AE

secondary

#DEDFE0

accent

#7C8E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B0AE

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

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