#B5989E#B5989E

#B5989E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.035 H 4.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5989E
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(348, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(348, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 11.76, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 11.79, 4.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0353 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.035 4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4556, 34.7499, 37.1281)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5989E #98B5AF

analogous

#B598AC #B5989E #B5A098

triadic

#B5989E #9EB598 #989EB5

tetradic

#B5989E #ACB598 #98B5AF #A098B5

square

#B5989E #ACB598 #98B5AF #A098B5

split-complementary

#B5989E #98B5A0 #98ACB5

monochromatic

#7B585F #9B747C #B5989E #CFBCC0 #E8DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B5989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B5989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5989E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5989E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.035 4.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6ba',
    500: '#b5989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5989e;
$custom-light: #cbb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 16.384,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.03542,
    "h": 4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5989E

secondary

#D0D9D7

accent

#9B8A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5989E

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

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