#B59596#B59596

#B59596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.038 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59596
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 12.10, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 12.73, 18.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0369 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.038 16)
XYZ	xyz(35.3085, 33.5218, 33.4587)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59596 #95B5B4

analogous

#B595A6 #B59596 #B5A495

triadic

#B59596 #96B595 #9596B5

tetradic

#B59596 #A6B595 #95B5B4 #A495B5

square

#B59596 #A6B595 #95B5B4 #A495B5

split-complementary

#B59596 #95B5A4 #95A6B5

monochromatic

#7A5557 #9C7172 #B59596 #CEB9BA #E7DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B59596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B59596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59596

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59596	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.038 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb4b4',
    500: '#b59596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59596;
$custom-light: #cbb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 17.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69926,
    "c": 0.03844,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.33521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59596

secondary

#CDD8D8

accent

#9C9949

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59596

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

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