#B59797#B59797

#B59797 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.036 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59797
RGB	rgb(181, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(0, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 16.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 11.15, 4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 11.91, 20.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0342 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.036 18)
XYZ	xyz(35.7085, 34.1925, 33.9910)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59797 #97B5B5

analogous

#B597A6 #B59797 #B5A697

triadic

#B59797 #97B597 #9797B5

tetradic

#B59797 #A6B597 #97B5B5 #A697B5

square

#B59797 #A6B597 #97B5B5 #A697B5

split-complementary

#B59797 #97B5A6 #97A6B5

monochromatic

#7A5757 #9C7373 #B59797 #CEBBBB #E8DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B59797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B59797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59797

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59797	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.036 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5b5',
    500: '#b59797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59797;
$custom-light: #cbb5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 16.854,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7035,
    "c": 0.03591,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.34191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59797

secondary

#CFD9D9

accent

#9B9B4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59797

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

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