#B59698#B59698

#B59698 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.037 H 13.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59698
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(356, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(356, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 11.87, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 12.32, 15.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0362 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.037 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6298, 33.9046, 34.3671)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59698 #96B5B3

analogous

#B596A8 #B59698 #B5A496

triadic

#B59698 #98B596 #9698B5

tetradic

#B59698 #A8B596 #96B5B3 #A496B5

square

#B59698 #A8B596 #96B5B3 #A496B5

split-complementary

#B59698 #96B5A4 #96A8B5

monochromatic

#7A5659 #9C7275 #B59698 #CEBABB #E8DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B59698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59698

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59698	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.037 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b6',
    500: '#b59698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59698;
$custom-light: #cbb5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59698

secondary

#CED9D8

accent

#9C964A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59698

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

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