#B59EA1#B59EA1

#B59EA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.027 H 8.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EA1
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(352, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(352, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 11%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 8.95, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 9.08, 9.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0271 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.027 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7155, 36.8515, 38.8376)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EA1 #9EB5B2

analogous

#B59EAD #B59EA1 #B5A79E

triadic

#B59EA1 #A1B59E #9EA1B5

tetradic

#B59EA1 #ADB59E #9EB5B2 #A79EB5

square

#B59EA1 #ADB59E #9EB5B2 #A79EB5

split-complementary

#B59EA1 #9EB5A7 #9EADB5

monochromatic

#7B5E62 #9B7B7F #B59EA1 #CFC1C3 #EAE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B59EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EA1

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EA1	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.027 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbabc',
    500: '#b59ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ea1;
$custom-light: #cbbabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.0274,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EA1

secondary

#D4DBDA

accent

#988E4E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EA1

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

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