#B6ACAE#B6ACAE

#B6ACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.012 H 3.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6ACAE
RGB	rgb(182, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(348, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(348, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 3.93, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 3.94, 3.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0118 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.012 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6829, 42.5065, 46.0449)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6ACAE #ACB6B4

analogous

#B6ACB3 #B6ACAE #B6AFAC

triadic

#B6ACAE #AEB6AC #ACAEB6

tetradic

#B6ACAE #B3B6AC #ACB6B4 #AFACB6

square

#B6ACAE #B3B6AC #ACB6B4 #AFACB6

split-complementary

#B6ACAE #ACB6AF #ACB3B6

monochromatic

#7B6C6F #998B8E #B6ACAE #D3CDCE #EFEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B6ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B6ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6ACAE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6ACAE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.012 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4c6',
    500: '#b6acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6acae;
$custom-light: #cbc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 6.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75337,
    "c": 0.0118,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6ACAE

secondary

#DDE0E0

accent

#908455

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6ACAE

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

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