#B59591#B59591

#B59591 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.039 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59591
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(7, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(7, 20%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 19.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 11.30, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 13.09, 30.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0349 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.039 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9145, 33.3642, 31.3834)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59591 #91B1B5

analogous

#B5919F #B59591 #B5A791

triadic

#B59591 #91B595 #9591B5

tetradic

#B59591 #9FB591 #91B1B5 #A791B5

square

#B59591 #9FB591 #91B1B5 #A791B5

split-complementary

#B59591 #91B5A7 #919FB5

monochromatic

#7A5652 #9C726C #B59591 #CEB8B6 #E6DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B59591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B59591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59591

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59591	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.039 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4b1',
    500: '#b59591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59591;
$custom-light: #cbb4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 19.565,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69786,
    "c": 0.03902,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59591

secondary

#CBD6D7

accent

#949E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F5

border

#D1D0CF

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59591

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

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