#B8ACAC#B8ACAC

#B8ACAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACAC
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 4.30, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 4.57, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0132 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9652, 42.6744, 45.0480)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACAC #ACB8B8

analogous

#B8ACB2 #B8ACAC #B8B2AC

triadic

#B8ACAC #ACB8AC #ACACB8

tetradic

#B8ACAC #B2B8AC #ACB8B8 #B2ACB8

square

#B8ACAC #B2B8AC #ACB8B8 #B2ACB8

split-complementary

#B8ACAC #ACB8B2 #ACB2B8

monochromatic

#7E6C6C #9C8B8B #B8ACAC #D4CDCD #F0EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8ACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B8ACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACAC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACAC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8acac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4c4',
    500: '#b8acac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8acac;
$custom-light: #cdc4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8acac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.792,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7545,
    "c": 0.01384,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACAC

secondary

#DEE2E2

accent

#929254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACAC

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

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