#B89996#B89996

#B89996 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.037 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89996
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(5, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(5, 18%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 11.02, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 12.49, 28.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.034 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.037 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6635, 35.1760, 33.7066)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89996 #96B5B8

analogous

#B896A4 #B89996 #B8AA96

triadic

#B89996 #96B899 #9996B8

tetradic

#B89996 #A4B896 #96B5B8 #AA96B8

square

#B89996 #A4B896 #96B5B8 #AA96B8

split-complementary

#B89996 #96B8AA #96A4B8

monochromatic

#7E5955 #9F7671 #B89996 #D1BCBB #E9E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B89996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B89996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89996

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89996	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.037 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb7b4',
    500: '#b89996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89996;
$custom-light: #cdb7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 19.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.03739,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89996

secondary

#CFDADB

accent

#969E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89996

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

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