#B8AEB5#B8AEB5

#B8AEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.015 H 336.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB5
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(318, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(318, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 4.84, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 5.36, 334.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0137 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.015 336.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2425, 43.7990, 49.8831)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB5 #AEB8B1

analogous

#B6AEB8 #B8AEB5 #B8AEB0

triadic

#B8AEB5 #B5B8AE #AEB5B8

tetradic

#B8AEB5 #B8B6AE #AEB8B1 #AEB0B8

square

#B8AEB5 #B8B6AE #AEB8B1 #AEB0B8

split-complementary

#B8AEB5 #B0B8AE #AEB8B6

monochromatic

#7E6E79 #9B8D97 #B8AEB5 #D5CFD3 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B8AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB5

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB5	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.015 336.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6cb',
    500: '#b8aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb5;
$custom-light: #cdc6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76126,
    "c": 0.01497,
    "h": 336.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB5

secondary

#E0E2E0

accent

#906755

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB5

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

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