#B59795#B59795

#B59795 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.036 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59795
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 149)
HSL	hsl(4, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(4, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 10.83, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 12.02, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0334 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.036 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5475, 34.1280, 33.1428)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59795 #95B3B5

analogous

#B595A3 #B59795 #B5A795

triadic

#B59795 #95B597 #9795B5

tetradic

#B59795 #A3B595 #95B3B5 #A795B5

square

#B59795 #A3B595 #95B3B5 #A795B5

split-complementary

#B59795 #95B5A7 #95A3B5

monochromatic

#7A5855 #9C7471 #B59795 #CEBAB9 #E7DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59795

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59795	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.036 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b4',
    500: '#b59795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59795;
$custom-light: #cbb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 17.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70294,
    "c": 0.03611,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59795

secondary

#CDD8D8

accent

#979C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59795

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

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