#B96D79#B96D79

#B96D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 10.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96D79
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(351, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(351, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 34.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 31.62, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 32.27, 11.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0959 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.097 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9286, 22.6344, 20.9307)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96D79 #6DB9AD

analogous

#B96D9F #B96D79 #B9876D

triadic

#B96D79 #79B96D #6D79B9

tetradic

#B96D79 #9FB96D #6DB9AD #876DB9

square

#B96D79 #9FB96D #6DB9AD #876DB9

split-complementary

#B96D79 #6DB987 #6D9FB9

monochromatic

#743841 #9D4B58 #B96D79 #CD969F #E1C0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B96D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B96D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96D79

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96D79	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0989f',
    500: '#b96d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96d79;
$custom-light: #d0989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 35.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62162,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96D79

secondary

#B2D0CB

accent

#CBBA5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96D79

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

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