#B8B2AE#B8B2AE

#B8B2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.009 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2AE
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(24, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(24, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 1.40, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 3.13, 63.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0049 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.009 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3265, 45.0874, 46.4565)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2AE #AEB4B8

analogous

#B8AEAF #B8B2AE #B8B7AE

triadic

#B8B2AE #AEB8B2 #B2AEB8

tetradic

#B8B2AE #AFB8AE #AEB4B8 #B7AEB8

square

#B8B2AE #AFB8AE #AEB4B8 #B7AEB8

split-complementary

#B8B2AE #AEB8B7 #AEAFB8

monochromatic

#7E746E #9B938D #B8B2AE #D5D1CF #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B8B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#B8B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2AE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2AE	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.009 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9c6',
    500: '#b8b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2ae;
$custom-light: #cdc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76735,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2AE

secondary

#E0E1E2

accent

#799055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2AE

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

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