#B59289#B59289

#B59289 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.044 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59289
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 137)
HSL	hsl(12, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 24.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 11.75, 9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 15.26, 39.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0365 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.044 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8507, 32.1890, 28.0921)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59289 #89ACB5

analogous

#B58996 #B59289 #B5A889

triadic

#B59289 #89B592 #9289B5

tetradic

#B59289 #96B589 #89ACB5 #A889B5

square

#B59289 #96B589 #89ACB5 #A889B5

split-complementary

#B59289 #89B5A8 #8996B5

monochromatic

#78554B #9D6F63 #B59289 #CDB5AF #E4D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B59289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B59289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59289

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59289	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.044 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb2ab',
    500: '#b59289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59289;
$custom-light: #ccb2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 22.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.04448,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59289

secondary

#C5D2D5

accent

#8EA144

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F5F4

border

#D2CFCE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59289

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

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