#B59FA2#B59FA2

#B59FA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.026 H 8.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FA2
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(352, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(352, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 8.57, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 8.68, 9.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0259 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.026 8.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9753, 37.2295, 39.3609)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FA2 #9FB5B2

analogous

#B59FAD #B59FA2 #B5A79F

triadic

#B59FA2 #A2B59F #9FA2B5

tetradic

#B59FA2 #ADB59F #9FB5B2 #A79FB5

square

#B59FA2 #ADB59F #9FB5B2 #A79FB5

split-complementary

#B59FA2 #9FB5A7 #9FADB5

monochromatic

#7B5F63 #9A7C81 #B59FA2 #D0C2C3 #EAE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B59FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B59FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FA2

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FA2	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.026 8.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbbd',
    500: '#b59fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fa2;
$custom-light: #cbbbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 8.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FA2

secondary

#D4DBDA

accent

#978D4E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FA2

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

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