#B98C8A#B98C8A

#B98C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.055 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98C8A
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 25.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 16.79, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 18.47, 24.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0514 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.055 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9736, 30.9071, 28.2160)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98C8A #8AB7B9

analogous

#B98A9F #B98C8A #B9A38A

triadic

#B98C8A #8AB98C #8C8AB9

tetradic

#B98C8A #9FB98A #8AB7B9 #A38AB9

square

#B98C8A #9FB98A #8AB7B9 #A38AB9

split-complementary

#B98C8A #8AB9A3 #8A9FB9

monochromatic

#7E4D4B #A26664 #B98C8A #D0B2B0 #E7D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B98C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#B98C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98C8A

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98C8A	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.055 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfadac',
    500: '#b98c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98c8a;
$custom-light: #cfadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.553,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.0552,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98C8A

secondary

#C7D7D8

accent

#9FA442

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98C8A

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

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