#B8B4AE#B8B4AE

#B8B4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.010 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4AE
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(36, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(36, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 0.33, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 3.57, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.002 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.01 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7274, 45.8891, 46.5901)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4AE #AEB2B8

analogous

#B8AFAE #B8B4AE #B7B8AE

triadic

#B8B4AE #AEB8B4 #B4AEB8

tetradic

#B8B4AE #AEB8AF #AEB2B8 #B8AEB7

square

#B8B4AE #AEB8AF #AEB2B8 #B8AEB7

split-complementary

#B8B4AE #AEB7B8 #AFAEB8

monochromatic

#7E776E #9B968D #B8B4AE #D5D2CF #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B8B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4AE

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4AE	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.010 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcac6',
    500: '#b8b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4ae;
$custom-light: #cdcac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77146,
    "c": 0.00958,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4AE

secondary

#E0E1E2

accent

#6D9055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4AE

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

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