#B8A4A6#B8A4A6

#B8A4A6 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.024 H 10.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4A6
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(354, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(354, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 7.61, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 7.79, 12.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0231 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.024 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9250, 39.4952, 41.5891)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4A6 #A4B8B6

analogous

#B8A4B0 #B8A4A6 #B8ACA4

triadic

#B8A4A6 #A6B8A4 #A4A6B8

tetradic

#B8A4A6 #B0B8A4 #A4B8B6 #ACA4B8

square

#B8A4A6 #B0B8A4 #A4B8B6 #ACA4B8

split-complementary

#B8A4A6 #A4B8AC #A4B0B8

monochromatic

#7F6366 #9D8284 #B8A4A6 #D3C6C8 #EEE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8A4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B8A4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4A6

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4A6	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.024 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfc0',
    500: '#b8a4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4a6;
$custom-light: #cdbfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.02352,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4A6

secondary

#D9DFDE

accent

#968F4F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4A6

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

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