#B8AEB7#B8AEB7

#B8AEB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.017 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB7
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 183)
HSL	hsl(306, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(306, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 5.21, -3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 6.18, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0145 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.017 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4492, 43.8816, 50.9716)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB7 #AEB8AF

analogous

#B4AEB8 #B8AEB7 #B8AEB2

triadic

#B8AEB7 #B7B8AE #AEB7B8

tetradic

#B8AEB7 #B8B4AE #AEB8AF #AEB2B8

square

#B8AEB7 #B8B4AE #AEB8AF #AEB2B8

split-complementary

#B8AEB7 #B2B8AE #AEB8B4

monochromatic

#7E6E7C #9B8D9A #B8AEB7 #D5CFD4 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8AEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B8AEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB7

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB7	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.017 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6cc',
    500: '#b8aeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb7;
$custom-light: #cdc6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.01691,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB7

secondary

#E0E2E0

accent

#905B55

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB7

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

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