#B9596F#B9596F

#B9596F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.126 H 7.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9596F
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(346, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(346, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 40%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 40.98, 6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 41.41, 8.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1245 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.126 7.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4507, 18.6094, 17.2348)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9596F #59B9A3

analogous

#B9599F #B9596F #B97359

triadic

#B9596F #6FB959 #596FB9

tetradic

#B9596F #9FB959 #59B9A3 #7359B9

square

#B9596F #9FB959 #59B9A3 #7359B9

split-complementary

#B9596F #59B973 #599FB9

monochromatic

#6B2D3B #963F53 #B9596F #CB8494 #DDAFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B9596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B9596F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9596F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9596F	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)

#6B6C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.126 7.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18b98',
    500: '#b9596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9596f;
$custom-light: #d18b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5869,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 7.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9596F

secondary

#A2CBC2

accent

#D1B557

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9596F

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

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