#B99990#B99990

#B99990 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.041 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99990
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(13, 23%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 22%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 22.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 10.47, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 13.93, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0327 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.041 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4331, 35.1117, 31.2382)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99990 #90B0B9

analogous

#B9909C #B99990 #B9AE90

triadic

#B99990 #90B999 #9990B9

tetradic

#B99990 #9CB990 #90B0B9 #AE90B9

square

#B99990 #9CB990 #90B0B9 #AE90B9

split-complementary

#B99990 #90B9AE #909CB9

monochromatic

#7F5A50 #A1776A #B99990 #D1BBB6 #E8DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B99990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99990

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99990	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.041 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7b0',
    500: '#b99990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99990;
$custom-light: #ceb7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 22.652,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.04059,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99990

secondary

#CBD6D9

accent

#8DA144

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99990

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

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