#B5ABA9#B5ABA9

#B5ABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.012 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABA9
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(10, 8%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(10, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 3.22, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 3.96, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0102 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.012 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7796, 41.8146, 43.4512)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABA9 #A9B3B5

analogous

#B5A9AD #B5ABA9 #B5B1A9

triadic

#B5ABA9 #A9B5AB #ABA9B5

tetradic

#B5ABA9 #ADB5A9 #A9B3B5 #B1A9B5

square

#B5ABA9 #ADB5A9 #A9B3B5 #B1A9B5

split-complementary

#B5ABA9 #A9B5B1 #A9ADB5

monochromatic

#7A6C69 #998B88 #B5ABA9 #D1CBCA #EEEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B5ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABA9

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABA9	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.012 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4c2',
    500: '#b5aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aba9;
$custom-light: #cbc4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 7.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.01191,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABA9

secondary

#DBDEDF

accent

#879154

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABA9

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

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