#B8AAA8#B8AAA8

#B8AAA8 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.017 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAA8
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(8, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(8, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 4.68, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 5.48, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0147 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.017 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2091, 41.7675, 42.9293)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAA8 #A8B6B8

analogous

#B8A8AE #B8AAA8 #B8B2A8

triadic

#B8AAA8 #A8B8AA #AAA8B8

tetradic

#B8AAA8 #AEB8A8 #A8B6B8 #B2A8B8

square

#B8AAA8 #AEB8A8 #A8B6B8 #B2A8B8

split-complementary

#B8AAA8 #A8B8B2 #A8AEB8

monochromatic

#7E6A67 #9D8986 #B8AAA8 #D4CBCA #EFECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B8AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAA8

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAA8	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.017 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3c1',
    500: '#b8aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aaa8;
$custom-light: #cdc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74928,
    "c": 0.0165,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAA8

secondary

#DCE0E0

accent

#8C9451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAA8

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

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