#B4A8A6#B4A8A6

#B4A8A6 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.014 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A8A6
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(9, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 7.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 3.96, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 4.73, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0125 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.014 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7072, 40.4622, 41.7872)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A8A6 #A6B2B4

analogous

#B4A6AB #B4A8A6 #B4AFA6

triadic

#B4A8A6 #A6B4A8 #A8A6B4

tetradic

#B4A8A6 #ABB4A6 #A6B2B4 #AFA6B4

square

#B4A8A6 #ABB4A6 #A6B2B4 #AFA6B4

split-complementary

#B4A8A6 #A6B4AF #A6ABB4

monochromatic

#796966 #988885 #B4A8A6 #D0C8C7 #ECE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B4A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A8A6

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A8A6	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.014 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1c0',
    500: '#b4a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a8a6;
$custom-light: #cac1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.01423,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A8A6

secondary

#D9DCDD

accent

#899353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A8A6

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

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