#B48484#B48484

#B48484 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.059 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48484
RGB	rgb(180, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 24%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 27%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 26.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 18.44, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 19.82, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0562 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.059 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2391, 27.8734, 25.5600)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48484 #84B4B4

analogous

#B4849C #B48484 #B49C84

triadic

#B48484 #84B484 #8484B4

tetradic

#B48484 #9CB484 #84B4B4 #9C84B4

square

#B48484 #9CB484 #84B4B4 #9C84B4

split-complementary

#B48484 #84B49C #849CB4

monochromatic

#764848 #9C5F5F #B48484 #CBAAAA #E2D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B48484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B48484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48484

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48484	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.059 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba8a7',
    500: '#b48484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48484;
$custom-light: #cba8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66025,
    "c": 0.0594,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48484

secondary

#C1D3D3

accent

#A3A343

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48484

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

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