#B8A8A6#B8A8A6

#B8A8A6 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.019 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A6
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(7, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(7, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 5.42, 3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 6.26, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0169 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.019 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6521, 40.9495, 41.8315)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A6 #A6B6B8

analogous

#B8A6AD #B8A8A6 #B8B1A6

triadic

#B8A8A6 #A6B8A8 #A8A6B8

tetradic

#B8A8A6 #ADB8A6 #A6B6B8 #B1A6B8

square

#B8A8A6 #ADB8A6 #A6B6B8 #B1A6B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A6 #A6B8B1 #A6ADB8

monochromatic

#7F6865 #9D8784 #B8A8A6 #D3C9C8 #EEEBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B8A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A6

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A6	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.019 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1c0',
    500: '#b8a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a6;
$custom-light: #cdc1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74465,
    "c": 0.01886,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A6

secondary

#DADFE0

accent

#8E9550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A6

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

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