#B8A9AA#B8A9AA

#B8A9AA is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.017 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9AA
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(356, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(356, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 5.58, 1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 5.76, 14.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.017 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.017 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2101, 41.4692, 43.8558)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9AA #A9B8B7

analogous

#B8A9B2 #B8A9AA #B8B0A9

triadic

#B8A9AA #AAB8A9 #A9AAB8

tetradic

#B8A9AA #B2B8A9 #A9B8B7 #B0A9B8

square

#B8A9AA #B2B8A9 #A9B8B7 #B0A9B8

split-complementary

#B8A9AA #A9B8B0 #A9B2B8

monochromatic

#7E686A #9C8789 #B8A9AA #D4CBCB #EFECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B8A9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9AA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9AA	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.017 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2c3',
    500: '#b8a9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9aa;
$custom-light: #cdc2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 9.554,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.01742,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9AA

secondary

#DCE1E0

accent

#948F52

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9AA

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

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