#B09C96#B09C96

#B09C96 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.025 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C96
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(14, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(14, 15%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 6.33, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 8.60, 42.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0201 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.025 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2977, 35.2099, 33.7850)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C96 #96AAB0

analogous

#B0969D #B09C96 #B0A996

triadic

#B09C96 #96B09C #9C96B0

tetradic

#B09C96 #9DB096 #96AAB0 #A996B0

square

#B09C96 #9DB096 #96AAB0 #A996B0

split-complementary

#B09C96 #96B0A9 #969DB0

monochromatic

#745E57 #967B73 #B09C96 #CABDB9 #E5DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B09C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B09C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C96

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C96	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.025 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9b4',
    500: '#b09c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c96;
$custom-light: #c7b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 14.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.02529,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C96

secondary

#CCD3D5

accent

#87984D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C96

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

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