#B59D99#B59D99

#B59D99 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.029 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59D99
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(9, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(9, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 8.16, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 9.75, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0255 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.029 29)
XYZ	xyz(36.8626, 36.2386, 35.1837)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59D99 #99B1B5

analogous

#B599A3 #B59D99 #B5AB99

triadic

#B59D99 #99B59D #9D99B5

tetradic

#B59D99 #A3B599 #99B1B5 #AB99B5

square

#B59D99 #A3B599 #99B1B5 #AB99B5

split-complementary

#B59D99 #99B5AB #99A3B5

monochromatic

#7B5E59 #9B7B76 #B59D99 #CFBFBC #E8E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B59D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B59D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59D99

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59D99	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.029 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbab7',
    500: '#b59d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59d99;
$custom-light: #cbbab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 15.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71604,
    "c": 0.0291,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59D99

secondary

#D0D8DA

accent

#8F9A4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59D99

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

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