#B4BAB4#B4BAB4

#B4BAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAB4
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -3.21, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 3.95, 144.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0088 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6181, 48.1162, 50.1079)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAB4 #BAB4BA

analogous

#B7BAB4 #B4BAB4 #B4BAB7

triadic

#B4BAB4 #B4B4BA #BAB4B4

tetradic

#B4BAB4 #B4B7BA #BAB4BA #BAB7B4

square

#B4BAB4 #B4B7BA #BAB4BA #BAB7B4

split-complementary

#B4BAB4 #B7B4BA #BAB4B7

monochromatic

#757F75 #949D94 #B4BAB4 #D4D7D4 #EFF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B4BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#B4BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAB4

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAB4	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caceca',
    500: '#b4bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bab4;
$custom-light: #caceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.01069,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAB4

secondary

#E6E4E6

accent

#578E8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAB4

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

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