#B4B6AE#B4B6AE

#B4B6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.011 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B6AE
RGB	rgb(180, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(75, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(75, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -2.17, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 4.40, 119.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0054 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.011 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1891, 46.2152, 46.6813)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B6AE #B0AEB6

analogous

#B6B4AE #B4B6AE #B0B6AE

triadic

#B4B6AE #AEB4B6 #B6AEB4

tetradic

#B4B6AE #AEB6B4 #B0AEB6 #B6AEB0

square

#B4B6AE #AEB6B4 #B0AEB6 #B6AEB0

split-complementary

#B4B6AE #AEB0B6 #B4AEB6

monochromatic

#787B6F #96998E #B4B6AE #D2D3CE #F0F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B4B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B6AE

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B6AE	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.011 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacbc6',
    500: '#b4b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b6ae;
$custom-light: #cacbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77235,
    "c": 0.01138,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B6AE

secondary

#DFDFE1

accent

#568F65

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B6AE

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

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