#B8AAA9#B8AAA9

#B8AAA9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.016 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAA9
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(4, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(4, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 4.86, 2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 5.39, 25.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0151 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.016 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3026, 41.8050, 43.4218)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAA9 #A9B7B8

analogous

#B8A9B0 #B8AAA9 #B8B2A9

triadic

#B8AAA9 #A9B8AA #AAA9B8

tetradic

#B8AAA9 #B0B8A9 #A9B7B8 #B2A9B8

square

#B8AAA9 #B0B8A9 #A9B7B8 #B2A9B8

split-complementary

#B8AAA9 #A9B8B2 #A9B0B8

monochromatic

#7E6A68 #9C8987 #B8AAA9 #D4CBCB #EFECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B8AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAA9

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAA9	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.016 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3c2',
    500: '#b8aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aaa9;
$custom-light: #cdc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 9.554,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74957,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAA9

secondary

#DCE0E1

accent

#8F9452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F7

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAA9

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

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