#B9596A#B9596A

#B9596A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.125 H 10.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9596A
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(349, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(349, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 42.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 40.42, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 41.37, 12.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1226 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.125 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1831, 18.5024, 15.8253)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9596A #59B9A8

analogous

#B9599A #B9596A #B97859

triadic

#B9596A #6AB959 #596AB9

tetradic

#B9596A #9AB959 #59B9A8 #7859B9

square

#B9596A #9AB959 #59B9A8 #7859B9

split-complementary

#B9596A #59B978 #599AB9

monochromatic

#6B2D38 #963F4E #B9596A #CB8491 #DDAFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B9596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B9596A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9596A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9596A	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6B6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.125 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28b94',
    500: '#b9596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9596a;
$custom-light: #d28b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.375,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58552,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9596A

secondary

#A2CBC4

accent

#D1BB57

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9596A

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

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