#B59CA2#B59CA2

#B59CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.031 H 1.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CA2
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(346, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(346, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 10.23, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 10.23, 1.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0306 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.031 1.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4657, 36.2102, 39.1911)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CA2 #9CB5AF

analogous

#B59CAE #B59CA2 #B5A29C

triadic

#B59CA2 #A2B59C #9CA2B5

tetradic

#B59CA2 #AEB59C #9CB5AF #A29CB5

square

#B59CA2 #AEB59C #9CB5AF #A29CB5

split-complementary

#B59CA2 #9CB5A2 #9CAEB5

monochromatic

#7B5C63 #9B7981 #B59CA2 #CFBFC3 #E9E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B59CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B59CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CA2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CA2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.031 1.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9bd',
    500: '#b59ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ca2;
$custom-light: #cbb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.6,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.0306,
    "h": 1.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CA2

secondary

#D2DBD9

accent

#99864D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CA2

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

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