#B8AEB8#B8AEB8

#B8AEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.018 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB8
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 5.40, -3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 6.62, 324.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0149 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.018 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5536, 43.9234, 51.5217)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB8 #AEB8AE

analogous

#B3AEB8 #B8AEB8 #B8AEB3

triadic

#B8AEB8 #B8B8AE #AEB8B8

tetradic

#B8AEB8 #B8B3AE #AEB8AE #AEB3B8

square

#B8AEB8 #B8B3AE #AEB8AE #AEB3B8

split-complementary

#B8AEB8 #B3B8AE #AEB8B3

monochromatic

#7E6E7E #9B8D9B #B8AEB8 #D5CFD5 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B8AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB8	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)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.018 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6cd',
    500: '#b8aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb8;
$custom-light: #cdc6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76218,
    "c": 0.01796,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB8

secondary

#E0E2E0

accent

#905555

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB8

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

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