#B09C9E#B09C9E

#B09C9E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.024 H 10.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09C9E
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(354, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(354, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 10.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 7.69, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 7.86, 12.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0233 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.024 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9640, 35.4764, 37.2942)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09C9E #9CB0AE

analogous

#B09CA8 #B09C9E #B0A49C

triadic

#B09C9E #9EB09C #9C9EB0

tetradic

#B09C9E #A8B09C #9CB0AE #A49CB0

square

#B09C9E #A8B09C #9CB0AE #A49CB0

split-complementary

#B09C9E #9CB0A4 #9CA8B0

monochromatic

#755D5F #957A7D #B09C9E #CBBEBF #E6E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B09C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B09C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09C9E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09C9E	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.024 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9ba',
    500: '#b09c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09c9e;
$custom-light: #c7b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.02374,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09C9E

secondary

#D1D7D7

accent

#958E50

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09C9E

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

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