#B38579#B38579

#B38579 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.060 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B38579
RGB	rgb(179, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 32.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 15.96, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 20.82, 39.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0489 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.06 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4299, 27.7409, 21.8372)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B38579 #79A7B3

analogous

#B3798A #B38579 #B3A279

triadic

#B38579 #79B385 #8579B3

tetradic

#B38579 #8AB379 #79A7B3 #A279B3

square

#B38579 #8AB379 #79A7B3 #A279B3

split-complementary

#B38579 #79B3A2 #798AB3

monochromatic

#714A40 #986456 #B38579 #C9A9A0 #DFCCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B38579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#B38579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B38579

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B38579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B38579	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b38579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.060 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba89f',
    500: '#b38579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b38579;
$custom-light: #cba89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b38579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.0598,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B38579

secondary

#B8CBCF

accent

#B0C464

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#130F0E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B38579

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

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