#B99596#B99596

#B99596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.043 H 16.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99596
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 20%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 18.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 13.61, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 14.37, 18.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0416 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.043 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2602, 34.0125, 33.5033)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99596 #95B9B8

analogous

#B995A8 #B99596 #B9A695

triadic

#B99596 #96B995 #9596B9

tetradic

#B99596 #A8B995 #95B9B8 #A695B9

square

#B99596 #A8B995 #95B9B8 #A695B9

split-complementary

#B99596 #95B9A6 #95A8B9

monochromatic

#7F5455 #A17071 #B99596 #D1BABB #EADFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99596

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99596	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.043 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb4b4',
    500: '#b99596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99596;
$custom-light: #ceb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 20.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.04331,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99596

secondary

#CFDBDB

accent

#9F9C47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99596

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

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