#B29499#B29499

#B29499 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.037 H 6.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29499
RGB	rgb(178, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(350, 16%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(350, 17%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 14%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 12.02, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 12.12, 7.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0363 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.037 6.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6996, 32.9457, 34.6621)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29499 #94B2AD

analogous

#B294A8 #B29499 #B29E94

triadic

#B29499 #99B294 #9499B2

tetradic

#B29499 #A8B294 #94B2AD #9E94B2

square

#B29499 #A8B294 #94B2AD #9E94B2

split-complementary

#B29499 #94B29E #94A8B2

monochromatic

#76555B #987077 #B29499 #CCB8BB #E5DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B29499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B29499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29499

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29499	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.037 6.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b3b7',
    500: '#b29499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29499;
$custom-light: #c9b3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 16.304,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.03653,
    "h": 6.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29499

secondary

#CCD6D4

accent

#9B8D4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29499

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

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