#B8A8A7#B8A8A7

#B8A8A7 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.019 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A7
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(4, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(4, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 5.60, 2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 6.18, 25.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0173 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.019 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7442, 40.9863, 42.3165)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A7 #A7B7B8

analogous

#B8A7AF #B8A8A7 #B8B1A7

triadic

#B8A8A7 #A7B8A8 #A8A7B8

tetradic

#B8A8A7 #AFB8A7 #A7B7B8 #B1A7B8

square

#B8A8A7 #AFB8A7 #A7B7B8 #B1A7B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A7 #A7B8B1 #A7AFB8

monochromatic

#7F6866 #9D8785 #B8A8A7 #D3C9C9 #EFEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B8A8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A7

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A7	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.019 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1c1',
    500: '#b8a8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a7;
$custom-light: #cdc1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 10.692,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.01868,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A7

secondary

#DBE0E0

accent

#919551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A7

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

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