#B8AEAD#B8AEAD

#B8AEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.012 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEAD
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(5, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(5, 6%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 3.39, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 3.83, 27.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0106 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.012 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4451, 43.4800, 45.6835)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEAD #ADB7B8

analogous

#B8ADB1 #B8AEAD #B8B4AD

triadic

#B8AEAD #ADB8AE #AEADB8

tetradic

#B8AEAD #B1B8AD #ADB7B8 #B4ADB8

square

#B8AEAD #B1B8AD #ADB7B8 #B4ADB8

split-complementary

#B8AEAD #ADB8B4 #ADB1B8

monochromatic

#7E6E6D #9C8E8C #B8AEAD #D4CECE #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEAD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEAD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.012 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6c5',
    500: '#b8aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aead;
$custom-light: #cdc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 7.19,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75887,
    "c": 0.01159,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEAD

secondary

#DFE2E2

accent

#8C9154

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEAD

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

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