#B47879#B47879

#B47879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.076 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B47879
RGB	rgb(180, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(359, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 23.63, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 25.32, 21.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0718 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.076 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9910, 24.5187, 21.2911)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B47879 #78B4B3

analogous

#B47897 #B47879 #B49578

triadic

#B47879 #79B478 #7879B4

tetradic

#B47879 #97B478 #78B4B3 #9578B4

square

#B47879 #97B478 #78B4B3 #9578B4

split-complementary

#B47879 #78B495 #7897B4

monochromatic

#723F40 #9A5556 #B47879 #CA9FA0 #E0C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B47879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#B47879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B47879

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B47879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B47879	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b47879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.076 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9f9f',
    500: '#b47879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b47879;
$custom-light: #cc9f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b47879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.07559,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B47879

secondary

#B8D0CF

accent

#C5C363

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B47879

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

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