#B59697#B59697

#B59697 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.037 H 15.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59697
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(358, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 16.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 11.71, 3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 12.31, 18.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0357 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.037 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5483, 33.8720, 33.9375)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59697 #96B5B4

analogous

#B596A6 #B59697 #B5A596

triadic

#B59697 #97B596 #9697B5

tetradic

#B59697 #A6B596 #96B5B4 #A596B5

square

#B59697 #A6B596 #96B5B4 #A596B5

split-complementary

#B59697 #96B5A5 #96A6B5

monochromatic

#7A5657 #9C7273 #B59697 #CEBABB #E8DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B59697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59697

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59697	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.037 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b5',
    500: '#b59697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59697;
$custom-light: #cbb5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70152,
    "c": 0.03717,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59697

secondary

#CED9D8

accent

#9C994A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59697

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

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