#B8A09E#B8A09E

#B8A09E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.029 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A09E
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(5, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 8.45, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 9.48, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0262 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.029 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5093, 37.8015, 37.6090)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A09E #9EB6B8

analogous

#B89EA9 #B8A09E #B8AD9E

triadic

#B8A09E #9EB8A0 #A09EB8

tetradic

#B8A09E #A9B89E #9EB6B8 #AD9EB8

square

#B8A09E #A9B89E #9EB6B8 #AD9EB8

split-complementary

#B8A09E #9EB8AD #9EA9B8

monochromatic

#7F5F5D #9E7D7B #B8A09E #D2C3C1 #ECE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A09E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A09E	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.029 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcba',
    500: '#b8a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a09e;
$custom-light: #cdbcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.02851,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A09E

secondary

#D5DCDD

accent

#949A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A09E

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

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