#B5ABA8#B5ABA8

#B5ABA8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.012 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABA8
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(14, 8%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 3.04, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 4.15, 42.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0098 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.012 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6860, 41.7772, 42.9586)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABA8 #A8B2B5

analogous

#B5A8AB #B5ABA8 #B5B1A8

triadic

#B5ABA8 #A8B5AB #ABA8B5

tetradic

#B5ABA8 #ABB5A8 #A8B2B5 #B1A8B5

square

#B5ABA8 #ABB5A8 #A8B2B5 #B1A8B5

split-complementary

#B5ABA8 #A8B5B1 #A8ABB5

monochromatic

#7A6C68 #998B87 #B5ABA8 #D1CBC9 #EDEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B5ABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B5ABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABA8

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABA8	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.012 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4c1',
    500: '#b5aba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aba8;
$custom-light: #cbc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 8.075,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.01234,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABA8

secondary

#DADDDE

accent

#849253

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABA8

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

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