#B79596#B79596

#B79596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.041 H 16.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79596
RGB	rgb(183, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 19%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(358, 19%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 12.86, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 13.55, 18.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0393 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.041 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7810, 33.7654, 33.4808)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79596 #95B7B6

analogous

#B795A7 #B79596 #B7A595

triadic

#B79596 #96B795 #9596B7

tetradic

#B79596 #A7B795 #95B7B6 #A595B7

square

#B79596 #A7B795 #95B7B6 #A595B7

split-complementary

#B79596 #95B7A5 #95A7B7

monochromatic

#7D5556 #9E7172 #B79596 #D0B9BA #E9DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B79596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79596

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79596	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.041 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb4b4',
    500: '#b79596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79596;
$custom-light: #cdb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70123,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79596

secondary

#CEDAD9

accent

#9D9B48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79596

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

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