#B18280#B18280

#B18280 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.059 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18280
RGB	rgb(177, 130, 128)
HSL	hsl(2, 24%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 28%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 27.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 17.82, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 19.62, 24.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0544 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.059 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0110, 26.8725, 24.0240)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18280 #80AFB1

analogous

#B18097 #B18280 #B19B80

triadic

#B18280 #80B182 #8280B1

tetradic

#B18280 #97B180 #80AFB1 #9B80B1

square

#B18280 #97B180 #80AFB1 #9B80B1

split-complementary

#B18280 #80B19B #8097B1

monochromatic

#714745 #975F5D #B18280 #C8A7A6 #E0CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B18280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B18280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18280

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18280	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96917F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 130, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.059 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a6a4',
    500: '#b18280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18280;
$custom-light: #c9a6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 23.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65209,
    "c": 0.0585,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18280

secondary

#BDCFD0

accent

#BDC067

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18280

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

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