#B09496#B09496

#B09496 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.034 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09496
RGB	rgb(176, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(356, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(356, 16%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 10.77, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 11.14, 14.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0328 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.034 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9993, 32.6129, 33.3522)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09496 #94B0AE

analogous

#B094A4 #B09496 #B0A094

triadic

#B09496 #96B094 #9496B0

tetradic

#B09496 #A4B094 #94B0AE #A094B0

square

#B09496 #A4B094 #94B0AE #A094B0

split-complementary

#B09496 #94B0A0 #94A4B0

monochromatic

#745658 #967173 #B09496 #CAB7B9 #E4DADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B09496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B09496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09496

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09496	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.034 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b3b4',
    500: '#b09496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09496;
$custom-light: #c8b3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 15.054,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69242,
    "c": 0.03366,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09496

secondary

#CBD5D4

accent

#99944C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09496

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

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