#B4BAB8#B4BAB8

#B4BAB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAB8
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(160, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(160, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -2.46, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 2.48, 173.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0072 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0314, 48.2816, 52.2850)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAB8 #BAB4B6

analogous

#B4BAB5 #B4BAB8 #B4B9BA

triadic

#B4BAB8 #B8B4BA #BAB8B4

tetradic

#B4BAB8 #B5B4BA #BAB4B6 #B9BAB4

square

#B4BAB8 #B5B4BA #BAB4B6 #B9BAB4

split-complementary

#B4BAB8 #BAB4B9 #BAB5B4

monochromatic

#757F7B #949D9A #B4BAB8 #D4D7D6 #EFF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B4BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B4BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAB8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAB8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacecd',
    500: '#b4bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bab8;
$custom-light: #cacecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78358,
    "c": 0.00725,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAB8

secondary

#E6E4E5

accent

#576A8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAB8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →