#B6B8AE#B6B8AE

#B6B8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.014 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B8AE
RGB	rgb(182, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(72, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(72, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -2.53, 4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 5.45, 117.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0062 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.014 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0707, 47.2821, 46.8408)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B8AE #B0AEB8

analogous

#B8B5AE #B6B8AE #B1B8AE

triadic

#B6B8AE #AEB6B8 #B8AEB6

tetradic

#B6B8AE #AEB8B5 #B0AEB8 #B8AEB1

square

#B6B8AE #AEB8B5 #B0AEB8 #B8AEB1

split-complementary

#B6B8AE #AEB1B8 #B5AEB8

monochromatic

#7A7E6E #999B8D #B6B8AE #D3D5CF #F0F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B6B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B6B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B8AE

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B8AE	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.014 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcdc6',
    500: '#b6b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b8ae;
$custom-light: #cbcdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77813,
    "c": 0.0141,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B8AE

secondary

#E0E0E2

accent

#559061

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B8AE

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

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