#BE9596#BE9596

#BE9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.049 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9596
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(359, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 15.51, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 16.41, 19.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0473 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.049 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4880, 34.6456, 33.5608)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9596 #95BEBD

analogous

#BE95AB #BE9596 #BEA995

triadic

#BE9596 #96BE95 #9596BE

tetradic

#BE9596 #ABBE95 #95BEBD #A995BE

square

#BE9596 #ABBE95 #95BEBD #A995BE

split-complementary

#BE9596 #95BEA9 #95ABBE

monochromatic

#865254 #A76F70 #BE9596 #D5BBBC #EDE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BE9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9596

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9596	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.049 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b4b4',
    500: '#be9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9596;
$custom-light: #d2b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 23.977,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.04943,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9596

secondary

#D1DEDE

accent

#A2A043

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9596

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

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