#B37579#B37579

#B37579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.078 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37579
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(356, 29%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(356, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 32.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 24.91, 7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 26.13, 17.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0756 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.078 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4038, 23.6887, 21.1618)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37579 #75B3AF

analogous

#B37598 #B37579 #B39075

triadic

#B37579 #79B375 #7579B3

tetradic

#B37579 #98B375 #75B3AF #9075B3

square

#B37579 #98B375 #75B3AF #9075B3

split-complementary

#B37579 #75B390 #7598B3

monochromatic

#703E41 #975358 #B37579 #C99C9F #DEC4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B37579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B37579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37579

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37579	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.078 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9d9f',
    500: '#b37579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37579;
$custom-light: #cb9d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62828,
    "c": 0.07841,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37579

secondary

#B6CECD

accent

#C5BF63

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37579

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

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