#B97272#B97272

#B97272 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.090 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97272
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 38.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 28.01, 11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 30.44, 23.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0848 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.09 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0634, 23.5661, 18.9343)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97272 #72B9B9

analogous

#B97295 #B97272 #B99572

triadic

#B97272 #72B972 #7272B9

tetradic

#B97272 #95B972 #72B9B9 #9572B9

square

#B97272 #95B972 #72B9B9 #9572B9

split-complementary

#B97272 #72B995 #7295B9

monochromatic

#763B3B #9F4F4F #B97272 #CD9B9B #E2C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B97272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B97272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97272

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97272	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.090 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09b9a',
    500: '#b97272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97272;
$custom-light: #d09b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97272

secondary

#B5D1D1

accent

#CACA5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97272

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

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