#B97472#B97472

#B97472 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.088 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97472
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 114)
HSL	hsl(2, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 38.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 26.91, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 29.69, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0815 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.088 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2915, 24.0223, 19.0104)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97472 #72B7B9

analogous

#B97293 #B97472 #B99772

triadic

#B97472 #72B974 #7472B9

tetradic

#B97472 #93B972 #72B7B9 #9772B9

square

#B97472 #93B972 #72B7B9 #9772B9

split-complementary

#B97472 #72B997 #7293B9

monochromatic

#763C3B #9F514F #B97472 #CD9C9B #E2C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B97472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B97472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97472

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97472	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.088 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09d9a',
    500: '#b97472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97472;
$custom-light: #d09d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97472

secondary

#B5D1D1

accent

#C7CA5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97472

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

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