#B8B6AE#B8B6AE

#B8B6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.011 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B6AE
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(48, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -0.74, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 4.38, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.001 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.011 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1340, 46.7024, 46.7256)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B6AE #AEB0B8

analogous

#B8B1AE #B8B6AE #B5B8AE

triadic

#B8B6AE #AEB8B6 #B6AEB8

tetradic

#B8B6AE #AEB8B1 #AEB0B8 #B8AEB5

square

#B8B6AE #AEB8B1 #AEB0B8 #B8AEB5

split-complementary

#B8B6AE #AEB5B8 #B1AEB8

monochromatic

#7E7A6E #9B998D #B8B6AE #D5D3CF #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B8B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B8B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B6AE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B6AE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.011 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcbc6',
    500: '#b8b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b6ae;
$custom-light: #cdcbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7756,
    "c": 0.0114,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B6AE

secondary

#E0E0E2

accent

#619055

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B6AE

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

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