#B5AAA8#B5AAA8

#B5AAA8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.013 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AAA8
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(9, 8%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 3.59, 2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 4.34, 34.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0113 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.013 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4979, 41.4008, 42.8959)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AAA8 #A8B3B5

analogous

#B5A8AC #B5AAA8 #B5B0A8

triadic

#B5AAA8 #A8B5AA #AAA8B5

tetradic

#B5AAA8 #ACB5A8 #A8B3B5 #B0A8B5

square

#B5AAA8 #ACB5A8 #A8B3B5 #B0A8B5

split-complementary

#B5AAA8 #A8B5B0 #A8ACB5

monochromatic

#7A6B68 #998A87 #B5AAA8 #D1CAC9 #EDEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B5AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B5AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AAA8

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AAA8	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.013 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3c1',
    500: '#b5aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aaa8;
$custom-light: #cbc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 8.075,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.01306,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AAA8

secondary

#DADEDE

accent

#889253

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AAA8

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

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