#B4B2A8#B4B2A8

#B4B2A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B2A8
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 168)
HSL	hsl(50, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -1.10, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 5.47, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0018 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8097, 44.3715, 43.4002)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B2A8 #A8AAB4

analogous

#B4ACA8 #B4B2A8 #B0B4A8

triadic

#B4B2A8 #A8B4B2 #B2A8B4

tetradic

#B4B2A8 #A8B4AC #A8AAB4 #B4A8B0

square

#B4B2A8 #A8B4AC #A8AAB4 #B4A8B0

split-complementary

#B4B2A8 #A8B0B4 #ACA8B4

monochromatic

#797668 #989587 #B4B2A8 #D0CFC9 #EDECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B4B2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B2A8

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B2A8	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac9c1',
    500: '#b4b2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b2a8;
$custom-light: #cac9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.01418,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B2A8

secondary

#DADBDE

accent

#5E9154

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B2A8

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

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