#B99796#B99796

#B99796 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.041 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99796
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(2, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 18.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 12.50, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 13.59, 23.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0384 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.041 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5793, 34.6508, 33.6097)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99796 #96B8B9

analogous

#B996A6 #B99796 #B9A896

triadic

#B99796 #96B997 #9796B9

tetradic

#B99796 #A6B996 #96B8B9 #A896B9

square

#B99796 #A6B996 #96B8B9 #A896B9

split-complementary

#B99796 #96B9A8 #96A6B9

monochromatic

#805655 #A17371 #B99796 #D1BBBB #EAE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99796

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99796	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.041 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb5b4',
    500: '#b99796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99796;
$custom-light: #ceb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70713,
    "c": 0.04086,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99796

secondary

#D0DBDB

accent

#9C9E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99796

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

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