#B8B4BA#B8B4BA

#B8B4BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.009 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4BA
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, 2.53, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 3.59, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0067 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.01 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9499, 46.3781, 53.0287)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4BA #B6BAB4

analogous

#B5B4BA #B8B4BA #BAB4B9

triadic

#B8B4BA #BAB8B4 #B4BAB8

tetradic

#B8B4BA #BAB5B4 #B6BAB4 #B4B9BA

square

#B8B4BA #BAB5B4 #B6BAB4 #B4B9BA

split-complementary

#B8B4BA #B9BAB4 #B4BAB5

monochromatic

#7B757F #9A949D #B8B4BA #D6D4D7 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B8B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4BA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4BA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.009 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcace',
    500: '#b8b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4ba;
$custom-light: #cdcace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.775,
    "c": 0.0095,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4BA

secondary

#E5E6E4

accent

#8E576A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4BA

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

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