#B8989E#B8989E

#B8989E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.039 H 5.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8989E
RGB	rgb(184, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(349, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(349, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 12.87, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 12.94, 5.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0388 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.039 5.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1668, 35.1166, 37.1615)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8989E #98B8B2

analogous

#B898AE #B8989E #B8A298

triadic

#B8989E #9EB898 #989EB8

tetradic

#B8989E #AEB898 #98B8B2 #A298B8

square

#B8989E #AEB898 #98B8B2 #A298B8

split-complementary

#B8989E #98B8A2 #98AEB8

monochromatic

#7E575F #9F747C #B8989E #D1BCC0 #EAE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B8989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B8989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8989E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8989E	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.039 5.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb6ba',
    500: '#b8989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8989e;
$custom-light: #cdb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 18.391,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.03895,
    "h": 5.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8989E

secondary

#D1DBD9

accent

#9D8D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8989E

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

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