#B09896#B09896

#B09896 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.029 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09896
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(5, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 8.54, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 9.58, 26.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0264 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.029 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6375, 33.8895, 33.5650)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09896 #96AEB0

analogous

#B096A1 #B09896 #B0A596

triadic

#B09896 #96B098 #9896B0

tetradic

#B09896 #A1B096 #96AEB0 #A596B0

square

#B09896 #A1B096 #96AEB0 #A596B0

split-complementary

#B09896 #96B0A5 #96A1B0

monochromatic

#745A57 #967673 #B09896 #CABAB9 #E5DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B09896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09896

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09896	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.029 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b6b4',
    500: '#b09896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09896;
$custom-light: #c7b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 14.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70044,
    "c": 0.02881,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09896

secondary

#CCD5D5

accent

#93984D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09896

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

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