#B09CA0#B09CA0

#B09CA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.024 H 4.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09CA0
RGB	rgb(176, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(348, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(348, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 9.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 8.04, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 8.06, 4.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0241 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.024 4.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1376, 35.5458, 38.2082)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09CA0 #9CB0AC

analogous

#B09CAA #B09CA0 #B0A29C

triadic

#B09CA0 #A0B09C #9CA0B0

tetradic

#B09CA0 #AAB09C #9CB0AC #A29CB0

square

#B09CA0 #AAB09C #9CB0AC #A29CB0

split-complementary

#B09CA0 #9CB0A2 #9CAAB0

monochromatic

#755D62 #957A7F #B09CA0 #CBBEC1 #E6E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B09CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B09CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09CA0

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09CA0	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.024 4.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b9bc',
    500: '#b09ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09ca0;
$custom-light: #c7b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71142,
    "c": 0.02417,
    "h": 4.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09CA0

secondary

#D1D7D6

accent

#958750

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09CA0

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

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