#B8A9AE#B8A9AE

#B8A9AE is a light, near-neutral pink. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.019 H 355.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9AE
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(340, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(340, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 6.29, -0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 6.32, 354.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0186 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.019 355.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5942, 41.6228, 45.8790)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9AE #A9B8B3

analogous

#B8A9B6 #B8A9AE #B8ACA9

triadic

#B8A9AE #AEB8A9 #A9AEB8

tetradic

#B8A9AE #B6B8A9 #A9B8B3 #ACA9B8

square

#B8A9AE #B6B8A9 #A9B8B3 #ACA9B8

split-complementary

#B8A9AE #A9B8AC #A9B6B8

monochromatic

#7E6870 #9C878E #B8A9AE #D4CBCE #EFECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B8A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9AE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9AE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.019 355.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2c6',
    500: '#b8a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9ae;
$custom-light: #cdc2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 9.554,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74902,
    "c": 0.01861,
    "h": 355.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9AE

secondary

#DCE1DF

accent

#947E52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9AE

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

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