#B5979B#B5979B

#B5979B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.036 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5979B
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(352, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(352, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 14.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 11.81, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 11.99, 10.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0357 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.036 9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0389, 34.3246, 35.7309)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5979B #97B5B1

analogous

#B597AA #B5979B #B5A297

triadic

#B5979B #9BB597 #979BB5

tetradic

#B5979B #AAB597 #97B5B1 #A297B5

square

#B5979B #AAB597 #97B5B1 #A297B5

split-complementary

#B5979B #97B5A2 #97AAB5

monochromatic

#7A575C #9C7379 #B5979B #CEBBBD #E8DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B5979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B5979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5979B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5979B	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.036 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b8',
    500: '#b5979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5979b;
$custom-light: #cbb5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 16.854,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70466,
    "c": 0.03619,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5979B

secondary

#CFD9D8

accent

#9B904A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5979B

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

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