#B9716F#B9716F

#B9716F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.092 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9716F
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 111)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 40%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 28.21, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 31.16, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0852 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.092 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7833, 23.2746, 18.0123)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9716F #6FB7B9

analogous

#B96F92 #B9716F #B9966F

triadic

#B9716F #6FB971 #716FB9

tetradic

#B9716F #92B96F #6FB7B9 #966FB9

square

#B9716F #92B96F #6FB7B9 #966FB9

split-complementary

#B9716F #6FB996 #6F92B9

monochromatic

#753A39 #9E4F4D #B9716F #CD9A98 #E1C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B9716F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#B9716F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9716F

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9716F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9716F	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9716f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.092 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09a98',
    500: '#b9716f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9716f;
$custom-light: #d09a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9716f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 34.579,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62588,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9716F

secondary

#B3D0D1

accent

#C8CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9716F

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

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