#B59699#B59699

#B59699 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.037 H 11.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59699
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(354, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(354, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 12.03, 2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 12.35, 12.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0365 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.037 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7121, 33.9375, 34.8002)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59699 #96B5B2

analogous

#B596A8 #B59699 #B5A396

triadic

#B59699 #99B596 #9699B5

tetradic

#B59699 #A8B596 #96B5B2 #A396B5

square

#B59699 #A8B596 #96B5B2 #A396B5

split-complementary

#B59699 #96B5A3 #96A8B5

monochromatic

#7A565A #9C7276 #B59699 #CEBABC #E8DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B59699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B59699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59699

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59699	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.037 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b7',
    500: '#b59699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59699;
$custom-light: #cbb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7021,
    "c": 0.03729,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59699

secondary

#CED9D8

accent

#9C944A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59699

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

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