#B8B0AE#B8B0AE

#B8B0AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B0AE
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(12, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(12, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, 2.48, 2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 3.21, 39.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0079 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9315, 44.2974, 46.3248)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B0AE #AEB6B8

analogous

#B8AEB1 #B8B0AE #B8B5AE

triadic

#B8B0AE #AEB8B0 #B0AEB8

tetradic

#B8B0AE #B1B8AE #AEB6B8 #B5AEB8

square

#B8B0AE #B1B8AE #AEB6B8 #B5AEB8

split-complementary

#B8B0AE #AEB8B5 #AEB1B8

monochromatic

#7E716E #9B908D #B8B0AE #D5D0CF #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B8B0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B0AE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B0AE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc7c6',
    500: '#b8b0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b0ae;
$custom-light: #cdc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76324,
    "c": 0.00961,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B0AE

secondary

#E0E2E2

accent

#859055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B0AE

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

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