#B49E9E#B49E9E

#B49E9E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.026 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E9E
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(0, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 8.07, 2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 8.59, 20.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0247 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.026 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2204, 36.6265, 37.4500)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E9E #9EB4B4

analogous

#B49EA9 #B49E9E #B4A99E

triadic

#B49E9E #9EB49E #9E9EB4

tetradic

#B49E9E #A9B49E #9EB4B4 #A99EB4

square

#B49E9E #A9B49E #9EB4B4 #A99EB4

split-complementary

#B49E9E #9EB4A9 #9EA9B4

monochromatic

#7A5E5E #997B7B #B49E9E #CFC1C1 #E9E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B49E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B49E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E9E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E9E	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.026 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cababa',
    500: '#b49e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e9e;
$custom-light: #cababa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.02598,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E9E

secondary

#D3DADA

accent

#97974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E9E

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

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