#B5AAA9#B5AAA9

#B5AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.013 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AAA9
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(5, 8%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(5, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 3.77, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 4.23, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0117 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.013 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5914, 41.4382, 43.3884)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AAA9 #A9B4B5

analogous

#B5A9AE #B5AAA9 #B5B0A9

triadic

#B5AAA9 #A9B5AA #AAA9B5

tetradic

#B5AAA9 #AEB5A9 #A9B4B5 #B0A9B5

square

#B5AAA9 #AEB5A9 #A9B4B5 #B0A9B5

split-complementary

#B5AAA9 #A9B5B0 #A9AEB5

monochromatic

#7A6B69 #998988 #B5AAA9 #D1CBCA #EEEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B5AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B5AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AAA9

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AAA9	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.013 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3c2',
    500: '#b5aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aaa9;
$custom-light: #cbc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 7.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74696,
    "c": 0.01281,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AAA9

secondary

#DBDEDF

accent

#8C9154

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AAA9

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

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