#B48A8A#B48A8A

#B48A8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.051 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48A8A
RGB	rgb(180, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 15.97, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 17.13, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0488 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.051 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4987, 29.7167, 28.0639)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48A8A #8AB4B4

analogous

#B48A9F #B48A8A #B49F8A

triadic

#B48A8A #8AB48A #8A8AB4

tetradic

#B48A8A #9FB48A #8AB4B4 #9F8AB4

square

#B48A8A #9FB48A #8AB4B4 #9F8AB4

split-complementary

#B48A8A #8AB49F #8A9FB4

monochromatic

#774C4C #9C6565 #B48A8A #CCAFAF #E4D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B48A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B48A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48A8A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48A8A	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.051 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbacac',
    500: '#b48a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48a8a;
$custom-light: #cbacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6734,
    "c": 0.05145,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48A8A

secondary

#C5D5D5

accent

#A0A045

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48A8A

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

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