#B97477#B97477

#B97477 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.087 H 17.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97477
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 119)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 35.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 27.53, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 29.22, 19.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0835 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.087 17)
XYZ	xyz(29.5839, 24.1392, 20.5504)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97477 #74B9B6

analogous

#B9749A #B97477 #B99474

triadic

#B97477 #77B974 #7477B9

tetradic

#B97477 #9AB974 #74B9B6 #9474B9

square

#B97477 #9AB974 #74B9B6 #9474B9

split-complementary

#B97477 #74B994 #749AB9

monochromatic

#773C3E #9F5054 #B97477 #CD9D9F #E2C5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B97477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B97477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97477

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97477	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.087 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09d9e',
    500: '#b97477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97477;
$custom-light: #d09d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 33.014,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63318,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.24137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97477

secondary

#B7D2D1

accent

#C9C55F

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97477

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

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