#B8596B#B8596B

#B8596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.124 H 9.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8596B
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(349, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(349, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 41.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 40.17, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 40.96, 11.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1219 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.124 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9949, 18.3993, 16.0895)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8596B #59B8A6

analogous

#B8599A #B8596B #B87659

triadic

#B8596B #6BB859 #596BB8

tetradic

#B8596B #9AB859 #59B8A6 #7659B8

square

#B8596B #9AB859 #59B8A6 #7659B8

split-complementary

#B8596B #59B876 #599AB8

monochromatic

#692D39 #943F50 #B8596B #CA8491 #DDAFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B8596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B8596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8596B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8596B	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.124 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18b95',
    500: '#b8596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8596b;
$custom-light: #d18b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.632,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58438,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8596B

secondary

#A2CBC3

accent

#D0B958

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8596B

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

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