#B8A09D#B8A09D

#B8A09D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.029 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A09D
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(7, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(7, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 8.29, 4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 9.58, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0258 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.029 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4235, 37.7673, 37.1575)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A09D #9DB5B8

analogous

#B89DA8 #B8A09D #B8AE9D

triadic

#B8A09D #9DB8A0 #A09DB8

tetradic

#B8A09D #A8B89D #9DB5B8 #AE9DB8

square

#B8A09D #A8B89D #9DB5B8 #AE9DB8

split-complementary

#B8A09D #9DB8AE #9DA8B8

monochromatic

#7F605C #9E7E7A #B8A09D #D2C2C0 #EBE5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A09D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A09D	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)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.029 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcb9',
    500: '#b8a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a09d;
$custom-light: #cdbcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 15.976,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.02872,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A09D

secondary

#D4DCDD

accent

#919A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A09D

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

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