#B37172#B37172

#B37172 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.084 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37172
RGB	rgb(179, 113, 114)
HSL	hsl(359, 30%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 37%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 36.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 26.23, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 28.22, 21.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0795 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.084 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5339, 22.6109, 18.8305)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37172 #71B3B2

analogous

#B37193 #B37172 #B39171

triadic

#B37172 #72B371 #7172B3

tetradic

#B37172 #93B371 #71B3B2 #9171B3

square

#B37172 #93B371 #71B3B2 #9171B3

split-complementary

#B37172 #71B391 #7193B3

monochromatic

#6E3B3C #965052 #B37172 #C8999A #DEC1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B37172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B37172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37172

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37172	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 113, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.084 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9a9a',
    500: '#b37172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37172;
$custom-light: #cc9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 30.275,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61924,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37172

secondary

#B3CDCD

accent

#C7C561

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37172

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

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