#B16979#B16979

#B16979 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.094 H 5.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16979
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 121)
HSL	hsl(347, 32%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 41%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 31.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 30.79, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 31.00, 6.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0933 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.094 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6352, 20.8328, 20.7037)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16979 #69B1A1

analogous

#B1699D #B16979 #B17D69

triadic

#B16979 #79B169 #6979B1

tetradic

#B16979 #9DB169 #69B1A1 #7D69B1

square

#B16979 #9DB169 #69B1A1 #7D69B1

split-complementary

#B16979 #69B17D #699DB1

monochromatic

#693742 #914C5B #B16979 #C6919D #DBBAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B16979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B16979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16979

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16979	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.094 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca959f',
    500: '#b16979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16979;
$custom-light: #ca959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60473,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16979

secondary

#ACCAC3

accent

#C8B160

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#130D0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16979

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

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