#B59491#B59491

#B59491 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.040 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59491
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(5, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 20%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 11.86, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 13.40, 27.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0366 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.04 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7569, 33.0491, 31.3308)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59491 #91B2B5

analogous

#B591A0 #B59491 #B5A691

triadic

#B59491 #91B594 #9491B5

tetradic

#B59491 #A0B591 #91B2B5 #A691B5

square

#B59491 #A0B591 #91B2B5 #A691B5

split-complementary

#B59491 #91B5A6 #91A0B5

monochromatic

#7A5552 #9C706C #B59491 #CEB8B6 #E6DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B59491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B59491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59491

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59491	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.040 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3b1',
    500: '#b59491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59491;
$custom-light: #cbb3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 19.565,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69589,
    "c": 0.04008,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59491

secondary

#CBD6D7

accent

#979E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F5

border

#D1D0CF

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59491

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

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