#B9999A#B9999A

#B9999A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.038 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9999A
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(358, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 16.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 12.04, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 12.67, 18.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0368 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.038 16)
XYZ	xyz(37.2315, 35.4311, 35.4432)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9999A #99B9B8

analogous

#B999AA #B9999A #B9A899

triadic

#B9999A #9AB999 #999AB9

tetradic

#B9999A #AAB999 #99B9B8 #A899B9

square

#B9999A #AAB999 #99B9B8 #A899B9

split-complementary

#B9999A #99B9A8 #99AAB9

monochromatic

#805859 #A07576 #B9999A #D2BDBE #EBE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B9999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B9999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9999A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9999A	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.038 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7b7',
    500: '#b9999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9999a;
$custom-light: #ceb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 18.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71219,
    "c": 0.03824,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.3543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9999A

secondary

#D2DCDC

accent

#9D9A49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9999A

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

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