#B8A8A9#B8A8A9

#B8A8A9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.019 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8A9
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(356, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(356, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 5.95, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 6.15, 14.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0181 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.019 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9305, 41.0608, 43.2978)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8A9 #A8B8B7

analogous

#B8A8B1 #B8A8A9 #B8AFA8

triadic

#B8A8A9 #A9B8A8 #A8A9B8

tetradic

#B8A8A9 #B1B8A8 #A8B8B7 #AFA8B8

square

#B8A8A9 #B1B8A8 #A8B8B7 #AFA8B8

split-complementary

#B8A8A9 #A8B8AF #A8B1B8

monochromatic

#7E6769 #9D8688 #B8A8A9 #D4CACA #EFEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B8A8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8A9

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8A9	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.019 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1c2',
    500: '#b8a8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8a9;
$custom-light: #cdc1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.01861,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8A9

secondary

#DCE0E0

accent

#949051

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8A9

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

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