#B4B4AE#B4B4AE

#B4B4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B4AE
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -1.10, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 3.25, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0024 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7825, 45.4019, 46.5458)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B4AE #AEAEB4

analogous

#B4B1AE #B4B4AE #B1B4AE

triadic

#B4B4AE #AEB4B4 #B4AEB4

tetradic

#B4B4AE #AEB4B1 #AEAEB4 #B4AEB1

square

#B4B4AE #AEB4B1 #AEAEB4 #B4AEB1

split-complementary

#B4B4AE #AEB1B4 #B1AEB4

monochromatic

#78786F #97978E #B4B4AE #D1D1CE #EFEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B4B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#B4B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B4AE

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B4AE	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacac6',
    500: '#b4b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b4ae;
$custom-light: #cacac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76819,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B4AE

secondary

#DEDEE0

accent

#588E58

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B4AE

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

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