#B59396#B59396

#B59396 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.041 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59396
RGB	rgb(181, 147, 150)
HSL	hsl(355, 19%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 19%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 13.21, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 13.60, 13.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0402 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.041 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9948, 32.8944, 33.3541)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59396 #93B5B2

analogous

#B593A7 #B59396 #B5A193

triadic

#B59396 #96B593 #9396B5

tetradic

#B59396 #A7B593 #93B5B2 #A193B5

square

#B59396 #A7B593 #93B5B2 #A193B5

split-complementary

#B59396 #93B5A1 #93A7B5

monochromatic

#7A5457 #9C6F73 #B59396 #CEB7B9 #E7DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B59396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59396

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59396	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 147, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.041 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb2b4',
    500: '#b59396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59396;
$custom-light: #cbb2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 18.681,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69533,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59396

secondary

#CCD8D7

accent

#9D9649

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59396

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

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