#B36D79#B36D79

#B36D79 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.090 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D79
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(350, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(350, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 32.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 29.35, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 29.81, 10.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.089 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.09 9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5112, 21.9035, 20.8643)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D79 #6DB3A7

analogous

#B36D9C #B36D79 #B3846D

triadic

#B36D79 #79B36D #6D79B3

tetradic

#B36D79 #9CB36D #6DB3A7 #846DB3

square

#B36D79 #9CB36D #6DB3A7 #846DB3

split-complementary

#B36D79 #6DB384 #6D9CB3

monochromatic

#6D3942 #954E5A #B36D79 #C8959E #DDBDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B36D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B36D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D79

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D79	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.090 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc989f',
    500: '#b36d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d79;
$custom-light: #cc989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.714,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61411,
    "c": 0.09008,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D79

secondary

#B0CCC7

accent

#C8B660

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D79

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

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