#B17878#B17878

#B17878 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.072 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17878
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 120)
HSL	hsl(0, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 32.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 22.32, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 24.10, 22.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0678 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.072 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2390, 24.1380, 20.9374)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17878 #78B1B1

analogous

#B17894 #B17878 #B19478

triadic

#B17878 #78B178 #7878B1

tetradic

#B17878 #94B178 #78B1B1 #9478B1

square

#B17878 #94B178 #78B1B1 #9478B1

split-complementary

#B17878 #78B194 #7894B1

monochromatic

#6F4040 #955656 #B17878 #C79F9F #DEC6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B17878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17878

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17878	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.072 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f9e',
    500: '#b17878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17878;
$custom-light: #ca9f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63114,
    "c": 0.07186,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17878

secondary

#B7CECE

accent

#C3C365

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17878

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

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