#B5958D#B5958D

#B5958D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.040 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5958D
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 141)
HSL	hsl(12, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(12, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 22.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 10.68, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 13.79, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0333 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.04 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6114, 33.2430, 29.7875)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5958D #8DADB5

analogous

#B58D99 #B5958D #B5A98D

triadic

#B5958D #8DB595 #958DB5

tetradic

#B5958D #99B58D #8DADB5 #A98DB5

square

#B5958D #99B58D #8DADB5 #A98DB5

split-complementary

#B5958D #8DB5A9 #8D99B5

monochromatic

#79574F #9D7268 #B5958D #CDB8B2 #E5DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B5958D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B5958D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5958D

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5958D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5958D	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C988C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5958d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.040 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4ae',
    500: '#b5958d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5958d;
$custom-light: #cbb4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5958d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 21.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69678,
    "c": 0.04036,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5958D

secondary

#C8D3D6

accent

#8EA046

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5958D

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

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