#B8A6A2#B8A6A2

#B8A6A2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.022 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6A2
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 162)
HSL	hsl(11, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(11, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 5.83, 4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 7.33, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0184 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.022 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9245, 40.0722, 39.8069)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6A2 #A2B4B8

analogous

#B8A2A9 #B8A6A2 #B8B1A2

triadic

#B8A6A2 #A2B8A6 #A6A2B8

tetradic

#B8A6A2 #A9B8A2 #A2B4B8 #B1A2B8

square

#B8A6A2 #A9B8A2 #A2B4B8 #B1A2B8

split-complementary

#B8A6A2 #A2B8B1 #A2A9B8

monochromatic

#7F6661 #9E857F #B8A6A2 #D2C7C5 #EDE8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B8A6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6A2

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6A2	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.022 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0bd',
    500: '#b8a6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6a2;
$custom-light: #cdc0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.02184,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6A2

secondary

#D8DDDE

accent

#8A984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6A2

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

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