#B99CA2#B99CA2

#B99CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.035 H 4.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99CA2
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(348, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(348, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 12.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 11.70, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 11.74, 4.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0352 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.035 4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4173, 36.7009, 39.2357)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99CA2 #9CB9B3

analogous

#B99CB1 #B99CA2 #B9A59C

triadic

#B99CA2 #A2B99C #9CA2B9

tetradic

#B99CA2 #B1B99C #9CB9B3 #A59CB9

square

#B99CA2 #B1B99C #9CB9B3 #A59CB9

split-complementary

#B99CA2 #9CB9A5 #9CB1B9

monochromatic

#805B62 #A07880 #B99CA2 #D2C0C4 #ECE4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B99CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B99CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99CA2

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99CA2	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.035 4.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9bd',
    500: '#b99ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99ca2;
$custom-light: #ceb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 17.16,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72042,
    "c": 0.03525,
    "h": 4
  },
  "luminance": 0.367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99CA2

secondary

#D4DDDB

accent

#9B8B4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99CA2

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

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