#B09796#B09796

#B09796 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.030 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09796
RGB	rgb(176, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(2, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 9.10, 3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 9.92, 23.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.028 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.03 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4759, 33.5663, 33.5111)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09796 #96AFB0

analogous

#B096A2 #B09796 #B0A496

triadic

#B09796 #96B097 #9796B0

tetradic

#B09796 #A2B096 #96AFB0 #A496B0

square

#B09796 #A2B096 #96AFB0 #A496B0

split-complementary

#B09796 #96B0A4 #96A2B0

monochromatic

#745957 #967473 #B09796 #CABAB9 #E5DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B09796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B09796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09796

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09796	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.030 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b5b4',
    500: '#b09796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09796;
$custom-light: #c7b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 14.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69843,
    "c": 0.02991,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09796

secondary

#CCD5D5

accent

#95984D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09796

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

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