#B59191#B59191

#B59191 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.044 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59191
RGB	rgb(181, 145, 145)
HSL	hsl(0, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 20%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 13.53, 5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 14.47, 20.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0414 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.044 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2924, 32.1202, 31.1760)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59191 #91B5B5

analogous

#B591A3 #B59191 #B5A391

triadic

#B59191 #91B591 #9191B5

tetradic

#B59191 #A3B591 #91B5B5 #A391B5

square

#B59191 #A3B591 #91B5B5 #A391B5

split-complementary

#B59191 #91B5A3 #91A3B5

monochromatic

#7A5252 #9C6C6C #B59191 #CEB6B6 #E6DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B59191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B59191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59191

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59191	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 145, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.044 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb1b1',
    500: '#b59191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59191;
$custom-light: #cbb1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 19.565,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68999,
    "c": 0.04357,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59191

secondary

#CBD7D7

accent

#9E9E48

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F5F5

border

#D1CFCF

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59191

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

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