#B5969A#B5969A

#B5969A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.037 H 9.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5969A
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 154)
HSL	hsl(352, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(352, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 12.20, 2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 12.40, 10.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0369 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.037 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7950, 33.9706, 35.2370)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5969A #96B5B1

analogous

#B596AA #B5969A #B5A296

triadic

#B5969A #9AB596 #969AB5

tetradic

#B5969A #AAB596 #96B5B1 #A296B5

square

#B5969A #AAB596 #96B5B1 #A296B5

split-complementary

#B5969A #96B5A2 #96AAB5

monochromatic

#7A565B #9C7277 #B5969A #CEBABD #E8DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B5969A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B5969A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5969A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5969A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5969A	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#9A9A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5969a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.037 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b7',
    500: '#b5969a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5969a;
$custom-light: #cbb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5969a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70239,
    "c": 0.03744,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5969A

secondary

#CED9D7

accent

#9C914A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5969A

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

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