#B8A8A3#B8A8A3

#B8A8A3 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.020 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A3
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(14, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 4.91, 4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 6.78, 43.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0157 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.02 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3801, 40.8407, 40.3991)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A3 #A3B3B8

analogous

#B8A3A8 #B8A8A3 #B8B2A3

triadic

#B8A8A3 #A3B8A8 #A8A3B8

tetradic

#B8A8A3 #A8B8A3 #A3B3B8 #B2A3B8

square

#B8A8A3 #A8B8A3 #A3B3B8 #B2A3B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A3 #A3B8B2 #A3A8B8

monochromatic

#7F6962 #9D8780 #B8A8A3 #D3C9C6 #EDE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B8A8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.020 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1be',
    500: '#b8a8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a3;
$custom-light: #cdc1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 12.883,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7438,
    "c": 0.01999,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A3

secondary

#D8DDDF

accent

#86974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A3

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

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