#B9ACAA#B9ACAA

#B9ACAA is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.015 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ACAA
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(8, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(8, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 4.31, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 5.09, 32.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0135 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.015 28)
XYZ	xyz(42.0150, 42.7222, 44.0553)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ACAA #AAB7B9

analogous

#B9AAB0 #B9ACAA #B9B4AA

triadic

#B9ACAA #AAB9AC #ACAAB9

tetradic

#B9ACAA #B0B9AA #AAB7B9 #B4AAB9

square

#B9ACAA #B0B9AA #AAB7B9 #B4AAB9

split-complementary

#B9ACAA #AAB9B4 #AAB0B9

monochromatic

#806C69 #9D8B88 #B9ACAA #D5CDCC #F0EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B9ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ACAA

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ACAA	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.015 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4c3',
    500: '#b9acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9acaa;
$custom-light: #cec4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.01532,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.42722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ACAA

secondary

#DDE1E2

accent

#8B9452

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ACAA

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

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