#B59FA0#B59FA0

#B59FA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.026 H 14.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FA0
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(357, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(357, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 11.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 8.23, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 8.58, 16.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0251 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.026 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7989, 37.1589, 38.4321)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FA0 #9FB5B4

analogous

#B59FAB #B59FA0 #B5A99F

triadic

#B59FA0 #A0B59F #9FA0B5

tetradic

#B59FA0 #ABB59F #9FB5B4 #A99FB5

square

#B59FA0 #ABB59F #9FB5B4 #A99FB5

split-complementary

#B59FA0 #9FB5A9 #9FABB5

monochromatic

#7B5F60 #9A7C7E #B59FA0 #D0C2C2 #EAE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B59FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FA0

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FA0	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.026 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbbc',
    500: '#b59fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fa0;
$custom-light: #cbbbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.02595,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FA0

secondary

#D4DBDB

accent

#97944E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FA0

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

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