#B49C96#B49C96

#B49C96 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.030 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C96
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(12, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(12, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 7.84, 6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 10.12, 39.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0247 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.03 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2158, 35.6832, 33.8280)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C96 #96AEB4

analogous

#B4969F #B49C96 #B4AB96

triadic

#B49C96 #96B49C #9C96B4

tetradic

#B49C96 #9FB496 #96AEB4 #AB96B4

square

#B49C96 #9FB496 #96AEB4 #AB96B4

split-complementary

#B49C96 #96B4AB #969FB4

monochromatic

#795D56 #9B7A72 #B49C96 #CEBEBA #E7DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B49C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B49C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C96

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C96	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.030 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9b4',
    500: '#b49c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c96;
$custom-light: #cab9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.02987,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C96

secondary

#CED6D8

accent

#8B9B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C96

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

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