#B97565#B97565

#B97565 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.090 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97565
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 101)
HSL	hsl(11, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 45.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 24.89, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 31.92, 38.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0745 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.09 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7193, 23.9788, 15.4252)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97565 #65A9B9

analogous

#B9657F #B97565 #B99F65

triadic

#B97565 #65B975 #7565B9

tetradic

#B97565 #7FB965 #65A9B9 #9F65B9

square

#B97565 #7FB965 #65A9B9 #9F65B9

split-complementary

#B97565 #65B99F #657FB9

monochromatic

#703F33 #9B5646 #B97565 #CC9B8F #DFC0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B97565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B97565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97565

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97565	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)

#857E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958C64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.090 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19d91',
    500: '#b97565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97565;
$custom-light: #d19d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63066,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97565

secondary

#ACC8CE

accent

#B8CD5A

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97565

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

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