#B8AEB2#B8AEB2

#B8AEB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.013 H 351.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB2
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(336, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(336, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 4.29, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 4.36, 349.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0125 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.013 351.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9380, 43.6772, 48.2794)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB2 #AEB8B4

analogous

#B8AEB7 #B8AEB2 #B8AFAE

triadic

#B8AEB2 #B2B8AE #AEB2B8

tetradic

#B8AEB2 #B7B8AE #AEB8B4 #AFAEB8

square

#B8AEB2 #B7B8AE #AEB8B4 #AFAEB8

split-complementary

#B8AEB2 #AEB8AF #AEB7B8

monochromatic

#7E6E74 #9B8D93 #B8AEB2 #D5CFD1 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B8AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB2	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)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.013 351.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6c9',
    500: '#b8aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb2;
$custom-light: #cdc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.01268,
    "h": 351.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB2

secondary

#E0E2E1

accent

#907955

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB2

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

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