#B8BAB4#B8BAB4

#B8BAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.009 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BAB4
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(80, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(80, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -1.80, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 3.32, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0045 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.009 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5630, 48.6035, 50.1522)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BAB4 #B6B4BA

analogous

#BAB9B4 #B8BAB4 #B5BAB4

triadic

#B8BAB4 #B4B8BA #BAB4B8

tetradic

#B8BAB4 #B4BAB9 #B6B4BA #BAB4B5

square

#B8BAB4 #B4BAB9 #B6B4BA #BAB4B5

split-complementary

#B8BAB4 #B4B5BA #B9B4BA

monochromatic

#7B7F75 #9A9D94 #B8BAB4 #D6D7D4 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B8BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B8BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BAB4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BAB4	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.009 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdceca',
    500: '#b8bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bab4;
$custom-light: #cdceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.00863,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BAB4

secondary

#E5E4E6

accent

#578E6A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BAB4

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

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