#B97474#B97474

#B97474 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.087 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97474
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 116)
HSL	hsl(0, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 37.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 27.16, 11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 29.47, 22.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0823 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.087 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4066, 24.0683, 19.6165)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97474 #74B9B9

analogous

#B97497 #B97474 #B99774

triadic

#B97474 #74B974 #7474B9

tetradic

#B97474 #97B974 #74B9B9 #9774B9

square

#B97474 #97B974 #74B9B9 #9774B9

split-complementary

#B97474 #74B997 #7497B9

monochromatic

#773C3C #9F5050 #B97474 #CD9D9D #E2C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B97474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B97474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97474

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97474	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.087 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09d9c',
    500: '#b97474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97474;
$custom-light: #d09d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.014,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97474

secondary

#B7D2D2

accent

#C9C95F

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97474

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

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