#B59296#B59296

#B59296 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.042 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59296
RGB	rgb(181, 146, 150)
HSL	hsl(353, 19%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(353, 19%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 13.77, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 14.07, 11.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0418 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.042 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8400, 32.5848, 33.3025)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59296 #92B5B1

analogous

#B592A8 #B59296 #B5A092

triadic

#B59296 #96B592 #9296B5

tetradic

#B59296 #A8B592 #92B5B1 #A092B5

square

#B59296 #A8B592 #92B5B1 #A092B5

split-complementary

#B59296 #92B5A0 #92A8B5

monochromatic

#7A5357 #9C6E73 #B59296 #CEB6B9 #E6DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B59296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B59296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59296

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59296	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 146, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.042 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb2b4',
    500: '#b59296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59296;
$custom-light: #cbb2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 19.126,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69337,
    "c": 0.04247,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59296

secondary

#CBD8D6

accent

#9D9448

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F8F5F6

border

#D1CFD0

text

#131011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59296

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

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