#B79CA2#B79CA2

#B79CA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.033 H 2.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CA2
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(347, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(347, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 11.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 10.96, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 10.98, 3.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0329 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.033 2.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9381, 36.4538, 39.2132)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CA2 #9CB7B1

analogous

#B79CB0 #B79CA2 #B7A49C

triadic

#B79CA2 #A2B79C #9CA2B7

tetradic

#B79CA2 #B0B79C #9CB7B1 #A49CB7

square

#B79CA2 #B0B79C #9CB7B1 #A49CB7

split-complementary

#B79CA2 #9CB7A4 #9CB0B7

monochromatic

#7D5B63 #9D7981 #B79CA2 #D1BFC3 #EBE3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B79CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B79CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CA2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CA2	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.033 2.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9bd',
    500: '#b79ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ca2;
$custom-light: #ccb9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 2.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CA2

secondary

#D3DCDA

accent

#9A894B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CA2

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

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