#BE9599#BE9599

#BE9599 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.050 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9599
RGB	rgb(190, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(354, 24%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(354, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 15.97, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 16.42, 13.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0485 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.05 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7326, 34.7435, 34.8494)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9599 #95BEBA

analogous

#BE95AE #BE9599 #BEA695

triadic

#BE9599 #99BE95 #9599BE

tetradic

#BE9599 #AEBE95 #95BEBA #A695BE

square

#BE9599 #AEBE95 #95BEBA #A695BE

split-complementary

#BE9599 #95BEA6 #95AEBE

monochromatic

#865257 #A76F74 #BE9599 #D5BBBE #EDE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BE9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BE9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9599

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9599	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.050 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b4b7',
    500: '#be9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9599;
$custom-light: #d2b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.146,
    "s": 23.977,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70909,
    "c": 0.04956,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9599

secondary

#D1DEDD

accent

#A29943

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9599

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

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