#B8A09F#B8A09F

#B8A09F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.028 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A09F
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(2, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(2, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 13.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 8.62, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 9.41, 23.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0266 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.028 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5957, 37.8361, 38.0641)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A09F #9FB7B8

analogous

#B89FAB #B8A09F #B8AD9F

triadic

#B8A09F #9FB8A0 #A09FB8

tetradic

#B8A09F #ABB89F #9FB7B8 #AD9FB8

square

#B8A09F #ABB89F #9FB7B8 #AD9FB8

split-complementary

#B8A09F #9FB8AD #9FABB8

monochromatic

#7F5F5E #9E7D7C #B8A09F #D2C3C2 #ECE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B8A09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A09F

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A09F	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.028 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcbb',
    500: '#b8a09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a09f;
$custom-light: #cdbcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 14.97,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72654,
    "c": 0.02838,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A09F

secondary

#D5DDDD

accent

#96994C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A09F

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

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