#B17971#B17971

#B17971 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.072 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17971
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 113)
HSL	hsl(8, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 36.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 20.84, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 24.70, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0633 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.072 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9505, 24.2160, 18.8216)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17971 #71A9B1

analogous

#B17189 #B17971 #B19971

triadic

#B17971 #71B179 #7971B1

tetradic

#B17971 #89B171 #71A9B1 #9971B1

square

#B17971 #89B171 #71A9B1 #9971B1

split-complementary

#B17971 #71B199 #7189B1

monochromatic

#6C423B #945951 #B17971 #C79E99 #DCC4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B17971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B17971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17971

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17971	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.072 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa099',
    500: '#b17971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17971;
$custom-light: #caa099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63121,
    "c": 0.07187,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17971

secondary

#B2C9CC

accent

#B9C562

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17971

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

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