#B8596E#B8596E

#B8596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.124 H 7.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8596E
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(347, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 40.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 40.51, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 41.00, 8.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.123 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.124 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1555, 18.4635, 16.9352)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8596E #59B8A3

analogous

#B8599D #B8596E #B87359

triadic

#B8596E #6EB859 #596EB8

tetradic

#B8596E #9DB859 #59B8A3 #7359B8

square

#B8596E #9DB859 #59B8A3 #7359B8

split-complementary

#B8596E #59B873 #599DB8

monochromatic

#692D3A #943F52 #B8596E #CA8493 #DDAFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B8596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B8596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8596E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8596E	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.124 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18b97',
    500: '#b8596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8596e;
$custom-light: #d18b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.737,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58521,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8596E

secondary

#A2CBC2

accent

#D0B558

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8596E

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

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