#B9596B#B9596B

#B9596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.125 H 10.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9596B
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(349, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(349, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 42.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 40.53, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 41.36, 11.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.123 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.125 10)
XYZ	xyz(26.2354, 18.5233, 16.1008)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9596B #59B9A7

analogous

#B9599B #B9596B #B97759

triadic

#B9596B #6BB959 #596BB9

tetradic

#B9596B #9BB959 #59B9A7 #7759B9

square

#B9596B #9BB959 #59B9A7 #7759B9

split-complementary

#B9596B #59B977 #599BB9

monochromatic

#6B2D39 #963F4F #B9596B #CB8491 #DDAFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B9596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B9596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9596B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9596B	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#6C6C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.125 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28b95',
    500: '#b9596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9596b;
$custom-light: #d28b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58579,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.18521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9596B

secondary

#A2CBC4

accent

#D1BA57

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9596B

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

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