#B59398#B59398

#B59398 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.041 H 8.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59398
RGB	rgb(181, 147, 152)
HSL	hsl(351, 19%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(351, 19%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 13.54, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 13.71, 9.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0409 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.041 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1572, 32.9594, 34.2095)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59398 #93B5B0

analogous

#B593A9 #B59398 #B59F93

triadic

#B59398 #98B593 #9398B5

tetradic

#B59398 #A9B593 #93B5B0 #9F93B5

square

#B59398 #A9B593 #93B5B0 #9F93B5

split-complementary

#B59398 #93B59F #93A9B5

monochromatic

#7A5459 #9C6F75 #B59398 #CEB7BB #E7DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B59398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B59398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59398

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59398	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 147, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.041 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb2b6',
    500: '#b59398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59398;
$custom-light: #cbb2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.176,
    "s": 18.681,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69592,
    "c": 0.04137,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59398

secondary

#CCD8D6

accent

#9D9149

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59398

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

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