#B98B8D#B98B8D

#B98B8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.056 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98B8D
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(357, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(357, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 23.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 17.79, 5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 18.70, 17.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0542 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.056 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0484, 30.7042, 29.3272)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98B8D #8BB9B7

analogous

#B98BA4 #B98B8D #B9A08B

triadic

#B98B8D #8DB98B #8B8DB9

tetradic

#B98B8D #A4B98B #8BB9B7 #A08BB9

square

#B98B8D #A4B98B #8BB9B7 #A08BB9

split-complementary

#B98B8D #8BB9A0 #8BA4B9

monochromatic

#7E4C4E #A26567 #B98B8D #D0B1B3 #E7D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B98B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#B98B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98B8D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98B8D	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.056 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfadae',
    500: '#b98b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98b8d;
$custom-light: #cfadae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 24.731,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68141,
    "c": 0.05629,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98B8D

secondary

#C8D8D7

accent

#A39F42

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98B8D

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

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