#B5938D#B5938D

#B5938D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.042 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5938D
RGB	rgb(181, 147, 141)
HSL	hsl(9, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 22.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 11.79, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 14.25, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0365 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.042 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2977, 32.6156, 29.6829)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5938D #8DAFB5

analogous

#B58D9B #B5938D #B5A78D

triadic

#B5938D #8DB593 #938DB5

tetradic

#B5938D #9BB58D #8DAFB5 #A78DB5

square

#B5938D #9BB58D #8DAFB5 #A78DB5

split-complementary

#B5938D #8DB5A7 #8D9BB5

monochromatic

#79554F #9D7068 #B5938D #CDB6B2 #E5D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B5938D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B5938D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5938D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5938D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5938D	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)

#9A978D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5938d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 147, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.042 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb2ae',
    500: '#b5938d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5938d;
$custom-light: #cbb2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5938d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69282,
    "c": 0.04211,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5938D

secondary

#C8D4D6

accent

#92A046

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F5F4

border

#D1CFCE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5938D

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

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