#B9716C#B9716C

#B9716C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.092 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9716C
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 108)
HSL	hsl(4, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 41.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 27.86, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 31.59, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.084 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.092 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6209, 23.2096, 17.1570)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9716C #6CB4B9

analogous

#B96C8E #B9716C #B9976C

triadic

#B9716C #6CB971 #716CB9

tetradic

#B9716C #8EB96C #6CB4B9 #976CB9

square

#B9716C #8EB96C #6CB4B9 #976CB9

split-complementary

#B9716C #6CB997 #6C8EB9

monochromatic

#743B37 #9D504B #B9716C #CD9995 #E0C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B9716C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B9716C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9716C

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9716C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9716C	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9716c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.092 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09a96',
    500: '#b9716c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9716c;
$custom-light: #d09a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9716c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.896,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9716C

secondary

#B1CED0

accent

#C4CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9716C

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

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