#B8AEB3#B8AEB3

#B8AEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.013 H 345.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB3
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(330, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(330, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 4.47, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 4.65, 344.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0129 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.013 345.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0388, 43.7175, 48.8101)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB3 #AEB8B3

analogous

#B8AEB8 #B8AEB3 #B8AEAE

triadic

#B8AEB3 #B3B8AE #AEB3B8

tetradic

#B8AEB3 #B8B8AE #AEB8B3 #AEAEB8

square

#B8AEB3 #B8B8AE #AEB8B3 #AEAEB8

split-complementary

#B8AEB3 #AEB8AE #AEB8B8

monochromatic

#7E6E76 #9B8D94 #B8AEB3 #D5CFD2 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B8AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB3

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB3	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)

#AFB0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.013 345.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6c9',
    500: '#b8aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb3;
$custom-light: #cdc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.01334,
    "h": 345.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB3

secondary

#E0E2E1

accent

#907355

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB3

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

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