#B48C8A#B48C8A

#B48C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.049 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C8A
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 14.86, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 16.38, 24.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0455 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.049 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7883, 30.2959, 28.1604)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C8A #8AB2B4

analogous

#B48A9D #B48C8A #B4A18A

triadic

#B48C8A #8AB48C #8C8AB4

tetradic

#B48C8A #9DB48A #8AB2B4 #A18AB4

square

#B48C8A #9DB48A #8AB2B4 #A18AB4

split-complementary

#B48C8A #8AB4A1 #8A9DB4

monochromatic

#774E4C #9C6765 #B48C8A #CCB1AF #E4D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B48C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#B48C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C8A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C8A	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.049 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadac',
    500: '#b48c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c8a;
$custom-light: #cbadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C8A

secondary

#C5D4D5

accent

#9CA045

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C8A

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

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