#B09898#B09898

#B09898 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.029 H 17.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09898
RGB	rgb(176, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 13.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 8.88, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 9.47, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0272 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.029 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8000, 33.9545, 34.4204)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09898 #98B0B0

analogous

#B098A4 #B09898 #B0A498

triadic

#B09898 #98B098 #9898B0

tetradic

#B09898 #A4B098 #98B0B0 #A498B0

square

#B09898 #A4B098 #98B0B0 #A498B0

split-complementary

#B09898 #98B0A4 #98A4B0

monochromatic

#745959 #957575 #B09898 #CBBBBB #E5DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B09898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B09898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09898

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09898	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.029 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b6b6',
    500: '#b09898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09898;
$custom-light: #c7b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 13.187,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70101,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09898

secondary

#CED6D6

accent

#97974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09898

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

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