#B59EA2#B59EA2

#B59EA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.028 H 5.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EA2
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(350, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(350, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 9.12, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 9.18, 6.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0275 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.028 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8040, 36.8869, 39.3039)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EA2 #9EB5B1

analogous

#B59EAE #B59EA2 #B5A69E

triadic

#B59EA2 #A2B59E #9EA2B5

tetradic

#B59EA2 #AEB59E #9EB5B1 #A69EB5

square

#B59EA2 #AEB59E #9EB5B1 #A69EB5

split-complementary

#B59EA2 #9EB5A6 #9EAEB5

monochromatic

#7B5E63 #9B7B81 #B59EA2 #CFC1C3 #EAE3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B59EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B59EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EA2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EA2	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.028 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbabd',
    500: '#b59ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ea2;
$custom-light: #cbbabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.565,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72064,
    "c": 0.02761,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EA2

secondary

#D4DBDA

accent

#988B4E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EA2

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

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