#B59494#B59494

#B59494 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.040 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59494
RGB	rgb(181, 148, 148)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 18.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 12.33, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 13.18, 20.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0378 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.04 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9913, 33.1429, 32.5652)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59494 #94B5B5

analogous

#B594A5 #B59494 #B5A594

triadic

#B59494 #94B594 #9494B5

tetradic

#B59494 #A5B594 #94B5B5 #A594B5

square

#B59494 #A5B594 #94B5B5 #A594B5

split-complementary

#B59494 #94B5A5 #94A5B5

monochromatic

#7A5454 #9C7070 #B59494 #CEB8B8 #E7DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B59494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B59494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59494

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59494	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 148, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.040 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb3b3',
    500: '#b59494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59494;
$custom-light: #cbb3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.232,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.03973,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59494

secondary

#CDD8D8

accent

#9D9D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59494

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

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