#B59EA0#B59EA0

#B59EA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.027 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EA0
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(355, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(355, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 11.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 8.78, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 9.02, 13.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0267 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.027 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6277, 36.8164, 38.3750)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EA0 #9EB5B3

analogous

#B59EAC #B59EA0 #B5A89E

triadic

#B59EA0 #A0B59E #9EA0B5

tetradic

#B59EA0 #ACB59E #9EB5B3 #A89EB5

square

#B59EA0 #ACB59E #9EB5B3 #A89EB5

split-complementary

#B59EA0 #9EB5A8 #9EACB5

monochromatic

#7B5E60 #9B7B7E #B59EA0 #CFC1C2 #EAE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B59EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EA0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EA0	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.027 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbabc',
    500: '#b59ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ea0;
$custom-light: #cbbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72005,
    "c": 0.02725,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EA0

secondary

#D4DBDA

accent

#98914E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EA0

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

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