#B8A0A2#B8A0A2

#B8A0A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.028 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0A2
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 162)
HSL	hsl(355, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(355, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 9.13, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 9.39, 13.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0277 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.028 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8592, 37.9415, 39.4518)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0A2 #A0B8B6

analogous

#B8A0AE #B8A0A2 #B8AAA0

triadic

#B8A0A2 #A2B8A0 #A0A2B8

tetradic

#B8A0A2 #AEB8A0 #A0B8B6 #AAA0B8

square

#B8A0A2 #AEB8A0 #A0B8B6 #AAA0B8

split-complementary

#B8A0A2 #A0B8AA #A0AEB8

monochromatic

#7F5F61 #9E7D80 #B8A0A2 #D2C3C4 #ECE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A0A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B8A0A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0A2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0A2	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.028 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcbd',
    500: '#b8a0a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0a2;
$custom-light: #cdbcbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72741,
    "c": 0.02837,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0A2

secondary

#D6DEDD

accent

#99924D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0A2

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

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