#B5989F#B5989F

#B5989F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.036 H 1.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5989F
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 159)
HSL	hsl(346, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(346, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 12.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 11.93, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 11.94, 1.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0357 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.036 1.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5420, 34.7844, 37.5833)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5989F #98B5AE

analogous

#B598AD #B5989F #B59F98

triadic

#B5989F #9FB598 #989FB5

tetradic

#B5989F #ADB598 #98B5AE #9F98B5

square

#B5989F #ADB598 #98B5AE #9F98B5

split-complementary

#B5989F #98B59F #98ADB5

monochromatic

#7B5860 #9B747E #B5989F #CFBCC0 #E8DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B5989F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B5989F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5989F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5989F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5989F	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5989f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.036 1.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb6bb',
    500: '#b5989f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5989f;
$custom-light: #cbb6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5989f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 16.384,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.03574,
    "h": 1.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5989F

secondary

#D0D9D7

accent

#9B874B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5989F

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

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