#B8AEB4#B8AEB4

#B8AEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.014 H 340.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB4
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(324, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(324, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 4.66, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 4.99, 339.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0133 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.014 340.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1403, 43.7581, 49.3447)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB4 #AEB8B2

analogous

#B7AEB8 #B8AEB4 #B8AEAF

triadic

#B8AEB4 #B4B8AE #AEB4B8

tetradic

#B8AEB4 #B8B7AE #AEB8B2 #AEAFB8

square

#B8AEB4 #B8B7AE #AEB8B2 #AEAFB8

split-complementary

#B8AEB4 #AFB8AE #AEB8B7

monochromatic

#7E6E77 #9B8D96 #B8AEB4 #D5CFD2 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B8AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB4

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB4	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.014 340.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6ca',
    500: '#b8aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb4;
$custom-light: #cdc6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76095,
    "c": 0.01411,
    "h": 340.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB4

secondary

#E0E2E1

accent

#906D55

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB4

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

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