#B5838E#B5838E

#B5838E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.063 H 4.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5838E
RGB	rgb(181, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(347, 25%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(347, 28%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 21.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 20.89, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 20.96, 4.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.063 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.063 4.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0552, 28.0110, 29.3041)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5838E #83B5AA

analogous

#B583A7 #B5838E #B59183

triadic

#B5838E #8EB583 #838EB5

tetradic

#B5838E #A7B583 #83B5AA #9183B5

square

#B5838E #A7B583 #83B5AA #9183B5

split-complementary

#B5838E #83B591 #83A7B5

monochromatic

#774751 #9D5E6C #B5838E #CCA9B1 #E3D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B5838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B5838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5838E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5838E	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.063 4.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca7af',
    500: '#b5838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5838e;
$custom-light: #cca7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.8,
    "s": 25.253,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66231,
    "c": 0.06319,
    "h": 4.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5838E

secondary

#C1D3CF

accent

#A48E42

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#130F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5838E

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

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