#B59796#B59796

#B59796 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.036 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59796
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(2, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(2, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 10.99, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 11.95, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0338 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.036 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6276, 34.1601, 33.5651)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59796 #96B4B5

analogous

#B596A5 #B59796 #B5A696

triadic

#B59796 #96B597 #9796B5

tetradic

#B59796 #A5B596 #96B4B5 #A696B5

square

#B59796 #A5B596 #96B4B5 #A696B5

split-complementary

#B59796 #96B5A6 #96A5B5

monochromatic

#7A5756 #9C7372 #B59796 #CEBBBA #E8DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B59796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59796

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59796	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)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.036 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b4',
    500: '#b59796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59796;
$custom-light: #cbb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.03598,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59796

secondary

#CED8D9

accent

#999C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59796

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

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