#B9909A#B9909A

#B9909A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.051 H 2.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9909A
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 154)
HSL	hsl(345, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(345, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 16.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 17.04, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 17.05, 2.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0512 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.051 2.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8136, 32.5953, 34.9706)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9909A #90B9AF

analogous

#B990AF #B9909A #B99B90

triadic

#B9909A #9AB990 #909AB9

tetradic

#B9909A #AFB990 #90B9AF #9B90B9

square

#B9909A #AFB990 #90B9AF #9B90B9

split-complementary

#B9909A #90B99B #90AFB9

monochromatic

#7F505B #A16A78 #B9909A #D1B6BC #E8DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B9909A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B9909A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9909A

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9909A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9909A	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9909a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.051 2.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb0b7',
    500: '#b9909a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9909a;
$custom-light: #ceb0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9909a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.366,
    "s": 22.652,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69472,
    "c": 0.0512,
    "h": 2.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9909A

secondary

#CBD9D6

accent

#A18A44

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F5F6

border

#D2CFD0

text

#131011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9909A

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

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