#B59CA1#B59CA1

#B59CA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.030 H 4.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CA1
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(348, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(348, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 11%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 10.05, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 10.09, 4.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% 0.0302 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.03 4.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3771, 36.1748, 38.7248)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CA1 #9CB5B0

analogous

#B59CAD #B59CA1 #B5A39C

triadic

#B59CA1 #A1B59C #9CA1B5

tetradic

#B59CA1 #ADB59C #9CB5B0 #A39CB5

square

#B59CA1 #ADB59C #9CB5B0 #A39CB5

split-complementary

#B59CA1 #9CB5A3 #9CADB5

monochromatic

#7B5C62 #9B7980 #B59CA1 #CFBFC2 #E9E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B59CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B59CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CA1

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CA1	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.030 4.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9bc',
    500: '#b59ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ca1;
$custom-light: #cbb9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.03029,
    "h": 4.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CA1

secondary

#D2DBD9

accent

#99894D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CA1

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

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