#B96259#B96259

#B96259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.114 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96259
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 34.03, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 39.95, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1012 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.114 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1803, 19.7736, 11.8872)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96259 #59B0B9

analogous

#B95980 #B96259 #B99259

triadic

#B96259 #59B962 #6259B9

tetradic

#B96259 #80B959 #59B0B9 #9259B9

square

#B96259 #80B959 #59B0B9 #9259B9

split-complementary

#B96259 #59B992 #5980B9

monochromatic

#6B332D #96473F #B96259 #CB8B84 #DDB3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B96259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B96259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96259

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96259	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.114 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29088',
    500: '#b96259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96259;
$custom-light: #d29088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59554,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96259

secondary

#A2C8CB

accent

#C5D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96259

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

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