#B4969C#B4969C

#B4969C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.037 H 4.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4969C
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(348, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(348, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 12.16, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 12.21, 4.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0366 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.037 4.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7293, 33.9173, 36.1106)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4969C #96B4AE

analogous

#B496AB #B4969C #B49F96

triadic

#B4969C #9CB496 #969CB4

tetradic

#B4969C #ABB496 #96B4AE #9F96B4

square

#B4969C #ABB496 #96B4AE #9F96B4

split-complementary

#B4969C #96B49F #96ABB4

monochromatic

#79565D #9B727A #B4969C #CEBABE #E7DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B4969C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B4969C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4969C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4969C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4969C	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4969c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.037 4.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5b9',
    500: '#b4969c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4969c;
$custom-light: #cab5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4969c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.03669,
    "h": 4.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4969C

secondary

#CED8D6

accent

#9B8B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4969C

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

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