#B8A09C#B8A09C

#B8A09C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.029 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A09C
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(9, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(9, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 8.12, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 9.71, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0254 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.029 29)
XYZ	xyz(38.3385, 37.7332, 36.7097)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A09C #9CB4B8

analogous

#B89CA6 #B8A09C #B8AE9C

triadic

#B8A09C #9CB8A0 #A09CB8

tetradic

#B8A09C #A6B89C #9CB4B8 #AE9CB8

square

#B8A09C #A6B89C #9CB4B8 #AE9CB8

split-complementary

#B8A09C #9CB8AE #9CA6B8

monochromatic

#7F605B #9E7E78 #B8A09C #D2C2C0 #EBE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A09C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A09C	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.029 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcb9',
    500: '#b8a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a09c;
$custom-light: #cdbcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.02899,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.37732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A09C

secondary

#D3DBDC

accent

#8F9B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A09C

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

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