#B4B8AE#B4B8AE

#B4B8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.015 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8AE
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(84, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(84, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -3.24, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 5.62, 125.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0083 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.015 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6016, 47.0402, 46.8188)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8AE #B2AEB8

analogous

#B8B7AE #B4B8AE #AFB8AE

triadic

#B4B8AE #AEB4B8 #B8AEB4

tetradic

#B4B8AE #AEB8B7 #B2AEB8 #B8AEAF

square

#B4B8AE #AEB8B7 #B2AEB8 #B8AEAF

split-complementary

#B4B8AE #AEAFB8 #B7AEB8

monochromatic

#777E6E #969B8D #B4B8AE #D2D5CF #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B4B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B4B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8AE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8AE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.015 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacdc6',
    500: '#b4b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8ae;
$custom-light: #cacdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77653,
    "c": 0.01462,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8AE

secondary

#E1E0E2

accent

#55906D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8AE

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

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