#B48C8D#B48C8D

#B48C8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.049 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48C8D
RGB	rgb(180, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 15.31, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 16.21, 19.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0467 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.049 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0085, 30.3840, 29.3201)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48C8D #8CB4B3

analogous

#B48CA1 #B48C8D #B49F8C

triadic

#B48C8D #8DB48C #8C8DB4

tetradic

#B48C8D #A1B48C #8CB4B3 #9F8CB4

square

#B48C8D #A1B48C #8CB4B3 #9F8CB4

split-complementary

#B48C8D #8CB49F #8CA1B4

monochromatic

#784E4F #9C6768 #B48C8D #CCB1B2 #E4D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B48C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#B48C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B48C8D

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48C8D	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C998C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.049 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadae',
    500: '#b48c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48c8d;
$custom-light: #cbadae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6781,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48C8D

secondary

#C7D5D5

accent

#9F9D46

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48C8D

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

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