#B8AEB6#B8AEB6

#B8AEB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.016 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB6
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(312, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(312, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 5.03, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 5.76, 330.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0141 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.016 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3455, 43.8402, 50.4254)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB6 #AEB8B0

analogous

#B5AEB8 #B8AEB6 #B8AEB1

triadic

#B8AEB6 #B6B8AE #AEB6B8

tetradic

#B8AEB6 #B8B5AE #AEB8B0 #AEB1B8

square

#B8AEB6 #B8B5AE #AEB8B0 #AEB1B8

split-complementary

#B8AEB6 #B1B8AE #AEB8B5

monochromatic

#7E6E7A #9B8D99 #B8AEB6 #D5CFD3 #F1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B8AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB6

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB6	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.016 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6cb',
    500: '#b8aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb6;
$custom-light: #cdc6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.0159,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB6

secondary

#E0E2E0

accent

#906155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB6

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

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