#B8A0A0#B8A0A0

#B8A0A0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.028 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0A0
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(0, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 8.79, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 9.37, 20.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.027 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.028 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6828, 37.8710, 38.5230)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0A0 #A0B8B8

analogous

#B8A0AC #B8A0A0 #B8ACA0

triadic

#B8A0A0 #A0B8A0 #A0A0B8

tetradic

#B8A0A0 #ACB8A0 #A0B8B8 #ACA0B8

square

#B8A0A0 #ACB8A0 #A0B8B8 #ACA0B8

split-complementary

#B8A0A0 #A0B8AC #A0ACB8

monochromatic

#7F5F5F #9E7D7D #B8A0A0 #D2C3C3 #ECE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B8A0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0A0

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0A0	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)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.028 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcbc',
    500: '#b8a0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0a0;
$custom-light: #cdbcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72683,
    "c": 0.02831,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0A0

secondary

#D6DEDE

accent

#99994D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0A0

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

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