#B59290#B59290

#B59290 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.042 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59290
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 144)
HSL	hsl(3, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(3, 20%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 20.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 12.81, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 14.17, 25.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% 0.0394 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.042 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3692, 32.3964, 30.8229)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59290 #90B3B5

analogous

#B590A0 #B59290 #B5A490

triadic

#B59290 #90B592 #9290B5

tetradic

#B59290 #A0B590 #90B3B5 #A490B5

square

#B59290 #A0B590 #90B3B5 #A490B5

split-complementary

#B59290 #90B5A4 #90A0B5

monochromatic

#7A5351 #9D6E6B #B59290 #CDB6B5 #E6DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B59290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B59290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59290

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59290	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.042 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb2b0',
    500: '#b59290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59290;
$custom-light: #cbb2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69167,
    "c": 0.04248,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59290

secondary

#CAD6D7

accent

#9A9E47

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F5F4

border

#D1CFCE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59290

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

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