#B28C8D#B28C8D

#B28C8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.046 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28C8D
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(358, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 20.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 14.55, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 15.38, 18.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0444 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.046 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5461, 30.1456, 29.2984)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28C8D #8CB2B1

analogous

#B28CA0 #B28C8D #B29E8C

triadic

#B28C8D #8DB28C #8C8DB2

tetradic

#B28C8D #A0B28C #8CB2B1 #9E8CB2

square

#B28C8D #A0B28C #8CB2B1 #9E8CB2

split-complementary

#B28C8D #8CB29E #8CA0B2

monochromatic

#754E4F #996769 #B28C8D #CBB1B1 #E3D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B28C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#B28C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28C8D

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28C8D	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B988C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.046 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9adae',
    500: '#b28c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28c8d;
$custom-light: #c9adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67605,
    "c": 0.04632,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28C8D

secondary

#C6D4D3

accent

#9E9C47

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28C8D

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

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