#B8AEB0#B8AEB0

#B8AEB0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.012 H 3.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB0
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(348, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(348, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 3.93, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 3.93, 3.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0118 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.012 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7387, 43.5974, 47.2295)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB0 #AEB8B6

analogous

#B8AEB5 #B8AEB0 #B8B1AE

triadic

#B8AEB0 #B0B8AE #AEB0B8

tetradic

#B8AEB0 #B5B8AE #AEB8B6 #B1AEB8

square

#B8AEB0 #B5B8AE #AEB8B6 #B1AEB8

split-complementary

#B8AEB0 #AEB8B1 #AEB5B8

monochromatic

#7E6E71 #9B8D90 #B8AEB0 #D5CFD0 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8AEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B8AEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB0

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB0	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.012 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6c7',
    500: '#b8aeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb0;
$custom-light: #cdc6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.01177,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB0

secondary

#E0E2E2

accent

#908555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB0

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

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