#B49A9E#B49A9E

#B49A9E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.031 H 7.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A9E
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(351, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(351, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 10.28, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 10.38, 8.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.031 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.031 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5492, 35.2841, 37.2263)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A9E #9AB4B0

analogous

#B49AAB #B49A9E #B4A39A

triadic

#B49A9E #9EB49A #9A9EB4

tetradic

#B49A9E #ABB49A #9AB4B0 #A39AB4

square

#B49A9E #ABB49A #9AB4B0 #A39AB4

split-complementary

#B49A9E #9AB4A3 #9AABB4

monochromatic

#795A5F #9A777C #B49A9E #CEBDC0 #E8E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B49A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B49A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A9E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A9E	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.031 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7ba',
    500: '#b49a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a9e;
$custom-light: #cab7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 14.773,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71054,
    "c": 0.03129,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A9E

secondary

#D1D9D8

accent

#998D4D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A9E

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

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