#B5AEAA#B5AEAA

#B5AEAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.010 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AEAA
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(22, 7%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 1.77, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 3.43, 58.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0061 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.01 52)
XYZ	xyz(41.4469, 42.9985, 44.1385)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AEAA #AAB1B5

analogous

#B5AAAC #B5AEAA #B5B4AA

triadic

#B5AEAA #AAB5AE #AEAAB5

tetradic

#B5AEAA #ACB5AA #AAB1B5 #B4AAB5

square

#B5AEAA #ACB5AA #AAB1B5 #B4AAB5

split-complementary

#B5AEAA #AAB5B4 #AAACB5

monochromatic

#7A706A #998F89 #B5AEAA #D1CDCB #EEECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B5AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AEAA

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AEAA	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.010 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6c3',
    500: '#b5aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aeaa;
$custom-light: #cbc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.00985,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.42998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AEAA

secondary

#DCDEDF

accent

#7B9155

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AEAA

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

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