#B47979#B47979

#B47979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.074 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B47979
RGB	rgb(180, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 23.07, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 24.92, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0701 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.074 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1119, 24.7605, 21.3314)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B47979 #79B4B4

analogous

#B47997 #B47979 #B49779

triadic

#B47979 #79B479 #7979B4

tetradic

#B47979 #97B479 #79B4B4 #9779B4

square

#B47979 #97B479 #79B4B4 #9779B4

split-complementary

#B47979 #79B497 #7997B4

monochromatic

#734040 #9A5656 #B47979 #CAA0A0 #E0C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B47979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B47979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B47979

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B47979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B47979	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b47979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.074 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca09f',
    500: '#b47979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b47979;
$custom-light: #cca09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b47979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B47979

secondary

#B9D0D0

accent

#C5C563

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B47979

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

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