#B5ACAA#B5ACAA

#B5ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.011 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ACAA
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(11, 7%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 2.86, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 3.59, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0091 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.011 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0634, 42.2315, 44.0107)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ACAA #AAB3B5

analogous

#B5AAAE #B5ACAA #B5B2AA

triadic

#B5ACAA #AAB5AC #ACAAB5

tetradic

#B5ACAA #AEB5AA #AAB3B5 #B2AAB5

square

#B5ACAA #AEB5AA #AAB3B5 #B2AAB5

split-complementary

#B5ACAA #AAB5B2 #AAAEB5

monochromatic

#7A6D6A #998C89 #B5ACAA #D1CCCB #EEECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B5ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ACAA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ACAA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.011 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4c3',
    500: '#b5acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5acaa;
$custom-light: #cbc4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.01077,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ACAA

secondary

#DCDEDF

accent

#869155

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ACAA

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

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