#B49898#B49898

#B49898 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.033 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49898
RGB	rgb(180, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(0, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 10.38, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 11.08, 20.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0318 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.033 18)
XYZ	xyz(35.7180, 34.4278, 34.4634)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49898 #98B4B4

analogous

#B498A6 #B49898 #B4A698

triadic

#B49898 #98B498 #9898B4

tetradic

#B49898 #A6B498 #98B4B4 #A698B4

square

#B49898 #A6B498 #98B4B4 #A698B4

split-complementary

#B49898 #98B4A6 #98A6B4

monochromatic

#795858 #9A7575 #B49898 #CEBBBB #E8DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B49898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B49898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49898

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49898	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.033 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab6b6',
    500: '#b49898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49898;
$custom-light: #cab6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.03344,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.34427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49898

secondary

#CFD9D9

accent

#9A9A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49898

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

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