#B49CA2#B49CA2

#B49CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.029 H 1.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49CA2
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(345, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(345, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 9.86, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 9.86, 0.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0295 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.029 1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2320, 36.0897, 39.1801)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49CA2 #9CB4AE

analogous

#B49CAE #B49CA2 #B4A29C

triadic

#B49CA2 #A2B49C #9CA2B4

tetradic

#B49CA2 #AEB49C #9CB4AE #A29CB4

square

#B49CA2 #AEB49C #9CB4AE #A29CB4

split-complementary

#B49CA2 #9CB4A2 #9CAEB4

monochromatic

#7A5C63 #9A7981 #B49CA2 #CEBFC3 #E9E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B49CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B49CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49CA2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49CA2	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.029 1.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9bd',
    500: '#b49ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ca2;
$custom-light: #cab9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.02945,
    "h": 1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49CA2

secondary

#D2DAD8

accent

#98854E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49CA2

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

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