#B6AEAE#B6AEAE

#B6AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.009 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AEAE
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 2.85, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 3.02, 19.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0088 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.009 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0664, 43.2735, 46.1727)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AEAE #AEB6B6

analogous

#B6AEB2 #B6AEAE #B6B2AE

triadic

#B6AEAE #AEB6AE #AEAEB6

tetradic

#B6AEAE #B2B6AE #AEB6B6 #B2AEB6

square

#B6AEAE #B2B6AE #AEB6B6 #B2AEB6

split-complementary

#B6AEAE #AEB6B2 #AEB2B6

monochromatic

#7B6F6F #998E8E #B6AEAE #D3CECE #F0EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B6AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B6AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AEAE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AEAE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.009 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6c6',
    500: '#b6aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aeae;
$custom-light: #cbc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.00918,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AEAE

secondary

#DFE1E1

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AEAE

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

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