#B9999F#B9999F

#B9999F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.039 H 5.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9999F
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 159)
HSL	hsl(349, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(349, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 14.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 12.86, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 12.93, 5.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0387 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.039 5.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6566, 35.6011, 37.6822)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9999F #99B9B3

analogous

#B999AF #B9999F #B9A399

triadic

#B9999F #9FB999 #999FB9

tetradic

#B9999F #AFB999 #99B9B3 #A399B9

square

#B9999F #AFB999 #99B9B3 #A399B9

split-complementary

#B9999F #99B9A3 #99AFB9

monochromatic

#80585F #A0757D #B9999F #D2BDC1 #EBE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B9999F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B9999F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9999F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9999F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9999F	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9999f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.039 5.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7bb',
    500: '#b9999f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9999f;
$custom-light: #ceb7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9999f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 18.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.03891,
    "h": 5.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9999F

secondary

#D2DCDA

accent

#9D8D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9999F

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

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