#B8A8A4#B8A8A4

#B8A8A4 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.020 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A4
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(12, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 5.08, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 6.56, 39.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0161 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.02 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4701, 40.8766, 40.8728)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A4 #A4B4B8

analogous

#B8A4AA #B8A8A4 #B8B2A4

triadic

#B8A8A4 #A4B8A8 #A8A4B8

tetradic

#B8A8A4 #AAB8A4 #A4B4B8 #B2A4B8

square

#B8A8A4 #AAB8A4 #A4B4B8 #B2A4B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A4 #A4B8B2 #A4AAB8

monochromatic

#7F6863 #9D8782 #B8A8A4 #D3C9C6 #EEEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B8A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A4	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.020 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1bf',
    500: '#b8a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a4;
$custom-light: #cdc1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74408,
    "c": 0.01952,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A4

secondary

#D9DEDF

accent

#88964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A4

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

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