#B8A8A8#B8A8A8

#B8A8A8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.019 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A8
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, 5.77, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 6.14, 19.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0177 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.019 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8370, 41.0234, 42.8052)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A8 #A8B8B8

analogous

#B8A8B0 #B8A8A8 #B8B0A8

triadic

#B8A8A8 #A8B8A8 #A8A8B8

tetradic

#B8A8A8 #B0B8A8 #A8B8B8 #B0A8B8

square

#B8A8A8 #B0B8A8 #A8B8B8 #B0A8B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A8 #A8B8B0 #A8B0B8

monochromatic

#7E6767 #9D8686 #B8A8A8 #D4CACA #EFEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B8A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A8	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)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.019 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1c1',
    500: '#b8a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a8;
$custom-light: #cdc1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74523,
    "c": 0.01859,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A8

secondary

#DCE0E0

accent

#949451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A8

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

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