#B09596#B09596

#B09596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.032 H 15.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09596
RGB	rgb(176, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 15%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(358, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 10.21, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 10.71, 17.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0312 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.032 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1568, 32.9280, 33.4047)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09596 #95B0AF

analogous

#B095A3 #B09596 #B0A195

triadic

#B09596 #96B095 #9596B0

tetradic

#B09596 #A3B095 #95B0AF #A195B0

square

#B09596 #A3B095 #95B0AF #A195B0

split-complementary

#B09596 #95B0A1 #95A3B0

monochromatic

#745758 #967273 #B09596 #CAB8B9 #E4DBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B09596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B09596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09596

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09596	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.032 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b4b4',
    500: '#b09596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09596;
$custom-light: #c8b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 14.595,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69442,
    "c": 0.03235,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09596

secondary

#CCD5D5

accent

#99964D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09596

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

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