#B96459#B96459

#B96459 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.111 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96459
RGB	rgb(185, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 32.96, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 39.35, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.0979 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.111 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3697, 20.1526, 11.9504)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96459 #59AEB9

analogous

#B9597E #B96459 #B99459

triadic

#B96459 #59B964 #6459B9

tetradic

#B96459 #7EB959 #59AEB9 #9459B9

square

#B96459 #7EB959 #59AEB9 #9459B9

split-complementary

#B96459 #59B994 #597EB9

monochromatic

#6B342D #96493F #B96459 #CB8C84 #DDB4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B96459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B96459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96459

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96459	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.111 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29188',
    500: '#b96459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96459;
$custom-light: #d29188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.875,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59881,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96459

secondary

#A2C7CB

accent

#C3D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96459

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

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