#B8A8AA#B8A8AA

#B8A8AA is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.019 H 8.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8AA
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(353, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(353, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 6.12, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 6.21, 9.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0185 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.019 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0248, 41.0985, 43.7941)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8AA #A8B8B6

analogous

#B8A8B2 #B8A8AA #B8AEA8

triadic

#B8A8AA #AAB8A8 #A8AAB8

tetradic

#B8A8AA #B2B8A8 #A8B8B6 #AEA8B8

square

#B8A8AA #B2B8A8 #A8B8B6 #AEA8B8

split-complementary

#B8A8AA #A8B8AE #A8B2B8

monochromatic

#7E676A #9D8689 #B8A8AA #D4CACB #EFEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B8A8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8AA

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8AA	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.019 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1c3',
    500: '#b8a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8aa;
$custom-light: #cdc1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.01874,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8AA

secondary

#DCE0E0

accent

#948C51

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8AA

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

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