#B29596#B29596

#B29596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.035 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29596
RGB	rgb(178, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 16%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(358, 16%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 15.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 10.97, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 11.52, 17.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0335 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.035 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6125, 33.1629, 33.4261)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29596 #95B2B1

analogous

#B295A5 #B29596 #B2A395

triadic

#B29596 #96B295 #9596B2

tetradic

#B29596 #A5B295 #95B2B1 #A395B2

square

#B29596 #A5B295 #95B2B1 #A395B2

split-complementary

#B29596 #95B2A3 #95A5B2

monochromatic

#775657 #987273 #B29596 #CCB8B9 #E6DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B29596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B29596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29596

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29596	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.035 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b4b4',
    500: '#b29596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29596;
$custom-light: #c9b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 15.847,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69634,
    "c": 0.03478,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29596

secondary

#CCD6D6

accent

#9A974B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29596

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

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