#B9717C#B9717C

#B9717C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.092 H 10.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9717C
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 124)
HSL	hsl(351, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(351, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 33%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 29.82, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 30.44, 11.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0904 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.092 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5519, 23.5820, 22.0602)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9717C #71B9AE

analogous

#B971A0 #B9717C #B98A71

triadic

#B9717C #7CB971 #717CB9

tetradic

#B9717C #A0B971 #71B9AE #8A71B9

square

#B9717C #A0B971 #71B9AE #8A71B9

split-complementary

#B9717C #71B98A #71A0B9

monochromatic

#763A43 #9F4E5A #B9717C #CD9AA2 #E1C3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B9717C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B9717C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9717C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9717C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9717C	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9717c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.092 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09ba1',
    500: '#b9717c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9717c;
$custom-light: #d09ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9717c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.833,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6293,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9717C

secondary

#B5D1CD

accent

#CABA5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9717C

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

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