#B17879#B17879

#B17879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.072 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17879
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(359, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(359, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 31.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 22.45, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 24.02, 20.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0683 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.072 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3000, 24.1624, 21.2587)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17879 #78B1B0

analogous

#B17895 #B17879 #B19378

triadic

#B17879 #79B178 #7879B1

tetradic

#B17879 #95B178 #78B1B0 #9378B1

square

#B17879 #95B178 #78B1B0 #9378B1

split-complementary

#B17879 #78B193 #7895B1

monochromatic

#6F4041 #955657 #B17879 #C79FA0 #DEC6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B17879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17879

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17879	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)

#838079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.072 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9f9f',
    500: '#b17879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17879;
$custom-light: #ca9f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.07181,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17879

secondary

#B7CECD

accent

#C3C165

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17879

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

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