#B8969A#B8969A

#B8969A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.041 H 10.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8969A
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 154)
HSL	hsl(353, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(353, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 16.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 13.32, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 13.59, 11.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0404 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.041 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5062, 34.3374, 35.2703)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8969A #96B8B4

analogous

#B896AB #B8969A #B8A396

triadic

#B8969A #9AB896 #969AB8

tetradic

#B8969A #ABB896 #96B8B4 #A396B8

square

#B8969A #ABB896 #96B8B4 #A396B8

split-complementary

#B8969A #96B8A3 #96ABB8

monochromatic

#7E555A #9F7177 #B8969A #D1BBBD #E9DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B8969A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B8969A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8969A

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8969A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8969A	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8969a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.041 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5b7',
    500: '#b8969a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8969a;
$custom-light: #cdb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8969a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70533,
    "c": 0.04104,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8969A

secondary

#CFDBD9

accent

#9E9448

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8969A

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

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