#B8596C#B8596C

#B8596C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.124 H 9.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8596C
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(348, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(348, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 41.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 40.28, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 40.97, 10.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1223 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.124 9.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0478, 18.4205, 16.3682)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8596C #59B8A5

analogous

#B8599B #B8596C #B87559

triadic

#B8596C #6CB859 #596CB8

tetradic

#B8596C #9BB859 #59B8A5 #7559B8

square

#B8596C #9BB859 #59B8A5 #7559B8

split-complementary

#B8596C #59B875 #599BB8

monochromatic

#692D39 #943F50 #B8596C #CA8492 #DDAFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B8596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B8596C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8596C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8596C	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#6B6B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.124 9.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18b96',
    500: '#b8596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8596c;
$custom-light: #d18b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 9.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8596C

secondary

#A2CBC3

accent

#D0B858

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8596C

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

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