#B6AEB8#B6AEB8

#B6AEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.017 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AEB8
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(288, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 4.70, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 6.23, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0127 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.017 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0778, 43.6781, 51.4994)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AEB8 #B0B8AE

analogous

#B1AEB8 #B6AEB8 #B8AEB5

triadic

#B6AEB8 #B8B6AE #AEB8B6

tetradic

#B6AEB8 #B8B1AE #B0B8AE #AEB5B8

square

#B6AEB8 #B8B1AE #B0B8AE #AEB5B8

split-complementary

#B6AEB8 #B5B8AE #AEB8B1

monochromatic

#7A6E7E #998D9B #B6AEB8 #D3CFD5 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B6AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B6AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AEB8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AEB8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.017 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6cd',
    500: '#b6aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aeb8;
$custom-light: #cbc6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7605,
    "c": 0.01665,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AEB8

secondary

#E0E2E0

accent

#905561

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AEB8

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

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