#B49CA0#B49CA0

#B49CA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.029 H 6.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49CA0
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(350, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(350, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 11.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 9.51, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 9.59, 7.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0287 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.029 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0556, 36.0192, 38.2513)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49CA0 #9CB4B0

analogous

#B49CAC #B49CA0 #B4A49C

triadic

#B49CA0 #A0B49C #9CA0B4

tetradic

#B49CA0 #ACB49C #9CB4B0 #A49CB4

square

#B49CA0 #ACB49C #9CB4B0 #A49CB4

split-complementary

#B49CA0 #9CB4A4 #9CACB4

monochromatic

#7A5C61 #9A797F #B49CA0 #CEBFC1 #E9E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B49CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B49CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49CA0

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49CA0	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.029 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9bc',
    500: '#b49ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ca0;
$custom-light: #cab9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71512,
    "c": 0.02885,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49CA0

secondary

#D2DAD9

accent

#988C4E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49CA0

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

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