#B9596E#B9596E

#B9596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.125 H 8.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9596E
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(347, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 40.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 40.87, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 41.39, 9.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1241 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.125 8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3960, 18.5875, 16.9465)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9596E #59B9A4

analogous

#B9599E #B9596E #B97459

triadic

#B9596E #6EB959 #596EB9

tetradic

#B9596E #9EB959 #59B9A4 #7459B9

square

#B9596E #9EB959 #59B9A4 #7459B9

split-complementary

#B9596E #59B974 #599EB9

monochromatic

#6B2D3A #963F52 #B9596E #CB8494 #DDAFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B9596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B9596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9596E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9596E	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.125 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18b97',
    500: '#b9596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9596e;
$custom-light: #d18b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.875,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58662,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9596E

secondary

#A2CBC2

accent

#D1B657

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9596E

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

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