#B96979#B96979

#B96979 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.103 H 7.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96979
RGB	rgb(185, 105, 121)
HSL	hsl(348, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(348, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 34.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 33.78, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 34.18, 8.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1025 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.103 7.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5116, 21.8003, 20.7917)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96979 #69B9A9

analogous

#B969A1 #B96979 #B98169

triadic

#B96979 #79B969 #6979B9

tetradic

#B96979 #A1B969 #69B9A9 #8169B9

square

#B96979 #A1B969 #69B9A9 #8169B9

split-complementary

#B96979 #69B981 #69A1B9

monochromatic

#723542 #9C4959 #B96979 #CC939E #E0BCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B96979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#B96979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96979

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96979	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6626F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 105, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.103 7.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0959f',
    500: '#b96979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96979;
$custom-light: #d0959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61493,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 7.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96979

secondary

#AFCFC9

accent

#CCB65B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96979

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

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