#B4BAB2#B4BAB2

#B4BAB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAB2
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(105, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(105, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -3.58, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 4.88, 137.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0096 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4158, 48.0353, 49.0426)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAB2 #B8B2BA

analogous

#B8BAB2 #B4BAB2 #B2BAB4

triadic

#B4BAB2 #B2B4BA #BAB2B4

tetradic

#B4BAB2 #B2B8BA #B8B2BA #BAB4B2

square

#B4BAB2 #B2B8BA #B8B2BA #BAB4B2

split-complementary

#B4BAB2 #B4B2BA #BAB2B8

monochromatic

#757F72 #959D92 #B4BAB2 #D3D7D2 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B4BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#B4BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAB2

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAB2	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacec9',
    500: '#b4bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bab2;
$custom-light: #cacec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78184,
    "c": 0.01298,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAB2

secondary

#E4E3E5

accent

#568F81

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAB2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →