#B8AEB9#B8AEB9

#B8AEB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.019 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEB9
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(295, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 5.59, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 7.07, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0152 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.019 323)
XYZ	xyz(43.6588, 43.9655, 52.0757)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEB9 #AFB9AE

analogous

#B2AEB9 #B8AEB9 #B9AEB4

triadic

#B8AEB9 #B9B8AE #AEB9B8

tetradic

#B8AEB9 #B9B2AE #AFB9AE #AEB4B9

square

#B8AEB9 #B9B2AE #AFB9AE #AEB4B9

split-complementary

#B8AEB9 #B4B9AE #AEB9B2

monochromatic

#7D6E7F #9B8D9D #B8AEB9 #D5CFD5 #F1EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B8AEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEB9

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEB9	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.019 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6ce',
    500: '#b8aeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeb9;
$custom-light: #cdc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 7.285,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.01907,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.43965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEB9

secondary

#E0E3E0

accent

#91545A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEB9

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

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