#B79D97#B79D97

#B79D97 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.032 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D97
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(11, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 8.59, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 10.88, 37.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0269 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.032 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1713, 36.4167, 34.3432)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D97 #97B1B7

analogous

#B797A1 #B79D97 #B7AD97

triadic

#B79D97 #97B79D #9D97B7

tetradic

#B79D97 #A1B797 #97B1B7 #AD97B7

square

#B79D97 #A1B797 #97B1B7 #AD97B7

split-complementary

#B79D97 #97B7AD #97A1B7

monochromatic

#7D5E57 #9E7B73 #B79D97 #D0BFBB #E9E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B79D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B79D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D97

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D97	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.032 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbab5',
    500: '#b79d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d97;
$custom-light: #cdbab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71737,
    "c": 0.03215,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D97

secondary

#D0D8DA

accent

#8D9C49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D97

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

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