#B49596#B49596

#B49596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.037 H 15.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49596
RGB	rgb(180, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 11.72, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 12.33, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0358 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.037 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0748, 33.4013, 33.4477)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49596 #95B4B3

analogous

#B495A6 #B49596 #B4A495

triadic

#B49596 #96B495 #9596B4

tetradic

#B49596 #A6B495 #95B4B3 #A495B4

square

#B49596 #A6B495 #95B4B3 #A495B4

split-complementary

#B49596 #95B4A4 #95A6B4

monochromatic

#795657 #9B7172 #B49596 #CDB9BA #E7DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B49596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B49596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49596

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49596	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.037 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab4b4',
    500: '#b49596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49596;
$custom-light: #cab4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 17.127,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69829,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49596

secondary

#CDD8D7

accent

#9B994A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49596

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

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