#B5958E#B5958E

#B5958E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.040 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5958E
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 142)
HSL	hsl(11, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(11, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 21.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 10.84, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 13.58, 37.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0337 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.04 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6862, 33.2729, 30.1811)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5958E #8EAEB5

analogous

#B58E9A #B5958E #B5A88E

triadic

#B5958E #8EB595 #958EB5

tetradic

#B5958E #9AB58E #8EAEB5 #A88EB5

square

#B5958E #9AB58E #8EAEB5 #A88EB5

split-complementary

#B5958E #8EB5A8 #8E9AB5

monochromatic

#79574F #9D7269 #B5958E #CDB8B3 #E5DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B5958E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B5958E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5958E

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5958E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5958E	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#9C988D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5958e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.040 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4af',
    500: '#b5958e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5958e;
$custom-light: #cbb4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5958e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 20.856,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69705,
    "c": 0.03995,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5958E

secondary

#C8D4D6

accent

#8F9F46

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5958E

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

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