#B8A2A2#B8A2A2

#B8A2A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.026 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2A2
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 8.03, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 8.55, 20.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0246 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.026 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2087, 38.6405, 39.5683)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2A2 #A2B8B8

analogous

#B8A2AD #B8A2A2 #B8ADA2

triadic

#B8A2A2 #A2B8A2 #A2A2B8

tetradic

#B8A2A2 #ADB8A2 #A2B8B8 #ADA2B8

square

#B8A2A2 #ADB8A2 #A2B8B8 #ADA2B8

split-complementary

#B8A2A2 #A2B8AD #A2ADB8

monochromatic

#7F6161 #9E7F7F #B8A2A2 #D2C5C5 #EDE7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B8A2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2A2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2A2	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.026 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdbd',
    500: '#b8a2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2a2;
$custom-light: #cdbdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.02585,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2A2

secondary

#D8DEDE

accent

#98984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2A2

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

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