#B49C98#B49C98

#B49C98 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.029 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C98
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(9, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(9, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 8.17, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 9.77, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0255 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.029 29)
XYZ	xyz(36.3782, 35.7482, 34.6835)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C98 #98B0B4

analogous

#B498A2 #B49C98 #B4AA98

triadic

#B49C98 #98B49C #9C98B4

tetradic

#B49C98 #A2B498 #98B0B4 #AA98B4

square

#B49C98 #A2B498 #98B0B4 #AA98B4

split-complementary

#B49C98 #98B4AA #98A2B4

monochromatic

#795D58 #9A7A75 #B49C98 #CEBEBB #E8E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B49C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B49C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C98

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C98	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.029 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9b6',
    500: '#b49c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c98;
$custom-light: #cab9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.02914,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.35747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C98

secondary

#CFD7D9

accent

#8F9A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C98

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

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