Muted green
#B4B8A6
#B4B8A6 is a muted green with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.3:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B4B8A6 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B4B8A6 kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F9EB
- 100 EAEDDF
- 200 D8DBCC
- 300 B4B8A6
- 400 A2A594
- 500 868A79
- 600 6C6F5F
- 700 545748
- 800 3F4134
- 900 2A2D21
- 950 181911
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-green-50: #f6f9eb; --color-green-100: #eaeddf; --color-green-200: #d8dbcc; --color-green-300: #b4b8a6; --color-green-400: #a2a594; --color-green-500: #868a79; --color-green-600: #6c6f5f; --color-green-700: #545748; --color-green-800: #3f4134; --color-green-900: #2a2d21; --color-green-950: #181911;}Is #B4B8A6 readable?
Contrast for text on #B4B8A6 and for #B4B8A6 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 44 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.3APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #757868 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.3APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #B4B8A6
Six palettes built around #B4B8A6, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B4B8A6 · #7FB57A · #D5AB34 · #AEF9ED · #24241B
- Complementary#B4B8A6 · #877ACA · #A481F8 · #C5DFAC · #252621
- Split complementary#B4B8A6 · #7589D7 · #D581C6 · #FFE892 · #202315
- Triadic#B4B8A6 · #4792B8 · #EF86AB · #CFF4AB · #2A2C1D
- Tetradic#B4B8A6 · #0096A5 · #BAA9FF · #FFD0CC · #272922
- Monochromatic#B4B8A6 · #9CBE7B · #87C827 · #D4EFBA · #27291E
#B4B8A6 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B4B8A6 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F9EB
- Brand 100, #EAEDDF
- Brand 200, #D8DBCC
- Brand 300, #B4B8A6
- Brand 400, #A2A594
- Brand 500, #868A79
- Brand 600, #6C6F5F
- Brand 700, #545748
- Brand 800, #3F4134
- Brand 900, #2A2D21
- Brand 950, #181911
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E5E6E2
- Neutral 300, #D4D5CF
- Neutral 400, #A0A29A
- Neutral 500, #72746C
- Neutral 600, #53554D
- Neutral 700, #40413A
- Neutral 800, #272922
- Neutral 900, #171912
- Neutral 950, #0A0B06
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A767
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E6A650
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #B4B8A6
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.