#B49697#B49697

#B49697 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.036 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49697
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(358, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 16.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 11.33, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 11.91, 17.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0346 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.036 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3146, 33.7515, 33.9266)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49697 #96B4B3

analogous

#B496A6 #B49697 #B4A496

triadic

#B49697 #97B496 #9697B4

tetradic

#B49697 #A6B496 #96B4B3 #A496B4

square

#B49697 #A6B496 #96B4B3 #A496B4

split-complementary

#B49697 #96B4A4 #96A6B4

monochromatic

#795658 #9B7274 #B49697 #CEBABA #E7DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B49697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B49697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49697

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49697	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.036 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5b5',
    500: '#b49697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49697;
$custom-light: #cab5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70055,
    "c": 0.03596,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49697

secondary

#CED8D8

accent

#9B984B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49697

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

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