#B4A09E#B4A09E

#B4A09E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.024 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A09E
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(5, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(5, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 6.96, 3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 7.89, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0216 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.024 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5643, 37.3143, 37.5647)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A09E #9EB2B4

analogous

#B49EA7 #B4A09E #B4AB9E

triadic

#B4A09E #9EB4A0 #A09EB4

tetradic

#B4A09E #A7B49E #9EB2B4 #AB9EB4

square

#B4A09E #A7B49E #9EB2B4 #AB9EB4

split-complementary

#B4A09E #9EB4AB #9EA7B4

monochromatic

#7A615E #997E7B #B4A09E #CFC2C1 #E9E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B4A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B4A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A09E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A09E	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.024 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabcba',
    500: '#b4a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a09e;
$custom-light: #cabcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.02377,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A09E

secondary

#D3DADA

accent

#90974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A09E

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

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