#B78C8A#B78C8A

#B78C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.053 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78C8A
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(3, 24%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 25%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 24.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 16.01, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 17.64, 24.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.049 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.053 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4944, 30.6600, 28.1935)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78C8A #8AB5B7

analogous

#B78A9E #B78C8A #B7A28A

triadic

#B78C8A #8AB78C #8C8AB7

tetradic

#B78C8A #9EB78A #8AB5B7 #A28AB7

square

#B78C8A #9EB78A #8AB5B7 #A28AB7

split-complementary

#B78C8A #8AB7A2 #8A9EB7

monochromatic

#7B4E4C #A06764 #B78C8A #CEB1B0 #E6D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B78C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#B78C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78C8A

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78C8A	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.053 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdadac',
    500: '#b78c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78c8a;
$custom-light: #cdadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68039,
    "c": 0.05273,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78C8A

secondary

#C6D6D6

accent

#9EA243

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#131010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78C8A

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

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