#B99697#B99697

#B99697 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.042 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99697
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(358, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 13.22, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 13.94, 18.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0404 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.042 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4999, 34.3627, 33.9821)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99697 #96B9B8

analogous

#B996A8 #B99697 #B9A696

triadic

#B99697 #97B996 #9697B9

tetradic

#B99697 #A8B996 #96B9B8 #A696B9

square

#B99697 #A8B996 #96B9B8 #A696B9

split-complementary

#B99697 #96B9A6 #96A8B9

monochromatic

#805556 #A17173 #B99697 #D1BBBB #EADFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B99697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99697

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99697	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.042 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5b5',
    500: '#b99697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99697;
$custom-light: #ceb5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.04204,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99697

secondary

#D0DBDB

accent

#9E9C47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99697

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

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