#B59490#B59490

#B59490 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.040 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59490
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(6, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(6, 20%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 20.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 11.70, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 13.52, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0361 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.04 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6802, 33.0184, 30.9265)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59490 #90B1B5

analogous

#B5909E #B59490 #B5A690

triadic

#B59490 #90B594 #9490B5

tetradic

#B59490 #9EB590 #90B1B5 #A690B5

square

#B59490 #9EB590 #90B1B5 #A690B5

split-complementary

#B59490 #90B5A6 #909EB5

monochromatic

#7A5551 #9D716B #B59490 #CDB7B5 #E6DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B59490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59490

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59490	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.040 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3b0',
    500: '#b59490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59490;
$custom-light: #cbb3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69561,
    "c": 0.04029,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59490

secondary

#CAD6D7

accent

#959E47

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59490

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

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