#B8A099#B8A099

#B8A099 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.030 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A099
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 153)
HSL	hsl(14, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 16.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 7.64, 6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 10.28, 42.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0241 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.03 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0876, 37.6329, 35.3883)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A099 #99B1B8

analogous

#B899A1 #B8A099 #B8AF99

triadic

#B8A099 #99B8A0 #A099B8

tetradic

#B8A099 #A1B899 #99B1B8 #AF99B8

square

#B8A099 #A1B899 #99B1B8 #AF99B8

split-complementary

#B8A099 #99B8AF #99A1B8

monochromatic

#7F6158 #9F7E75 #B8A099 #D1C2BD #EAE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A099

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A099	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.030 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcb7',
    500: '#b8a099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a099;
$custom-light: #cdbcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 17.919,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.03017,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A099

secondary

#D1D9DB

accent

#899C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A099

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

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