#B17779#B17779

#B17779 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.073 H 17.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17779
RGB	rgb(177, 119, 121)
HSL	hsl(358, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(358, 33%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 31.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 23.01, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 24.43, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0699 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.073 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1803, 23.9231, 21.2188)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17779 #77B1AF

analogous

#B17796 #B17779 #B19277

triadic

#B17779 #79B177 #7779B1

tetradic

#B17779 #96B177 #77B1AF #9277B1

square

#B17779 #96B177 #77B1AF #9277B1

split-complementary

#B17779 #77B192 #7796B1

monochromatic

#6E3F41 #955658 #B17779 #C79E9F #DEC5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B17779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B17779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17779

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17779	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 119, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.073 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9e9f',
    500: '#b17779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17779;
$custom-light: #ca9e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62957,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17779

secondary

#B6CDCD

accent

#C3C064

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17779

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

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