#B9999E#B9999E

#B9999E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.039 H 7.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9999E
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(351, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(351, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 12.69, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 12.83, 8.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0383 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.039 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5702, 35.5665, 37.2271)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9999E #99B9B4

analogous

#B999AE #B9999E #B9A499

triadic

#B9999E #9EB999 #999EB9

tetradic

#B9999E #AEB999 #99B9B4 #A499B9

square

#B9999E #AEB999 #99B9B4 #A499B9

split-complementary

#B9999E #99B9A4 #99AEB9

monochromatic

#80585E #A0757B #B9999E #D2BDC1 #EBE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B9999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B9999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9999E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9999E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.039 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7ba',
    500: '#b9999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9999e;
$custom-light: #ceb7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 18.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71334,
    "c": 0.03867,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9999E

secondary

#D2DCDA

accent

#9D9049

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9999E

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

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