#B59593#B59593

#B59593 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.039 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59593
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 147)
HSL	hsl(4, 19%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 19%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 18.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 11.62, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 12.88, 25.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0357 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.039 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0700, 33.4264, 32.2027)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59593 #93B3B5

analogous

#B593A2 #B59593 #B5A693

triadic

#B59593 #93B595 #9593B5

tetradic

#B59593 #A2B593 #93B3B5 #A693B5

square

#B59593 #A2B593 #93B3B5 #A693B5

split-complementary

#B59593 #93B5A6 #93A2B5

monochromatic

#7A5654 #9C716F #B59593 #CEB9B7 #E7DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B59593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59593

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59593	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.039 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4b2',
    500: '#b59593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59593;
$custom-light: #cbb4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 18.681,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69842,
    "c": 0.03864,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59593

secondary

#CCD7D8

accent

#989D49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F5

border

#D1D0CF

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59593

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

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