#B2979A#B2979A

#B2979A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.032 H 10.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2979A
RGB	rgb(178, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(353, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(353, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 13.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 10.52, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 10.74, 11.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0319 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.032 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2592, 33.9322, 35.2578)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2979A #97B2AF

analogous

#B297A8 #B2979A #B2A297

triadic

#B2979A #9AB297 #979AB2

tetradic

#B2979A #A8B297 #97B2AF #A297B2

square

#B2979A #A8B297 #97B2AF #A297B2

split-complementary

#B2979A #97B2A2 #97A8B2

monochromatic

#77585B #987478 #B2979A #CCBABC #E6DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B2979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B2979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2979A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2979A	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.032 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b5b7',
    500: '#b2979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2979a;
$custom-light: #c9b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 14.917,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70149,
    "c": 0.03243,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2979A

secondary

#CED7D6

accent

#99914C

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2979A

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

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