#B8969E#B8969E

#B8969E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.042 H 2.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8969E
RGB	rgb(184, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(346, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(346, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 13.98, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 14.00, 2.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.042 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.042 2.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8449, 34.4728, 37.0542)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8969E #96B8B0

analogous

#B896AF #B8969E #B89F96

triadic

#B8969E #9EB896 #969EB8

tetradic

#B8969E #AFB896 #96B8B0 #9F96B8

square

#B8969E #AFB896 #96B8B0 #9F96B8

split-complementary

#B8969E #96B89F #96AFB8

monochromatic

#7E555F #9F717C #B8969E #D1BBC0 #E9DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B8969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B8969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8969E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8969E	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.042 2.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb5ba',
    500: '#b8969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8969e;
$custom-light: #cdb5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70651,
    "c": 0.04199,
    "h": 2.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8969E

secondary

#CFDBD8

accent

#9E8948

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8969E

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

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