#B59189#B59189

#B59189 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.045 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59189
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 137)
HSL	hsl(11, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(11, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 24.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 12.30, 9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 15.48, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% 0.0381 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.045 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6972, 31.8821, 28.0409)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59189 #89ADB5

analogous

#B58997 #B59189 #B5A789

triadic

#B59189 #89B591 #9189B5

tetradic

#B59189 #97B589 #89ADB5 #A789B5

square

#B59189 #97B589 #89ADB5 #A789B5

split-complementary

#B59189 #89B5A7 #8997B5

monochromatic

#78544B #9D6E63 #B59189 #CDB4AF #E4D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B59189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#B59189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59189

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59189	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.045 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb1ab',
    500: '#b59189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59189;
$custom-light: #ccb1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 22.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68781,
    "c": 0.04532,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59189

secondary

#C5D2D5

accent

#90A144

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F5F4

border

#D2CFCE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59189

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

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