#B49E98#B49E98

#B49E98 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.028 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E98
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(13, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 7.06, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 9.33, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0223 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.028 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7165, 36.4249, 34.7962)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E98 #98AEB4

analogous

#B498A0 #B49E98 #B4AC98

triadic

#B49E98 #98B49E #9E98B4

tetradic

#B49E98 #A0B498 #98AEB4 #AC98B4

square

#B49E98 #A0B498 #98AEB4 #AC98B4

split-complementary

#B49E98 #98B4AC #98A0B4

monochromatic

#795F58 #9A7D75 #B49E98 #CEBFBB #E8E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B49E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B49E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E98

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E98	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.028 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabab6',
    500: '#b49e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e98;
$custom-light: #cabab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.0275,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E98

secondary

#CFD7D9

accent

#899A4C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E98

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

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