#B97569#B97569

#B97569 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.088 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97569
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 105)
HSL	hsl(9, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 43.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 25.32, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 30.95, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0761 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.088 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9201, 24.0591, 16.4826)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97569 #69ADB9

analogous

#B96985 #B97569 #B99D69

triadic

#B97569 #69B975 #7569B9

tetradic

#B97569 #85B969 #69ADB9 #9D69B9

square

#B97569 #85B969 #69ADB9 #9D69B9

split-complementary

#B97569 #69B99D #6985B9

monochromatic

#723E35 #9C5549 #B97569 #CC9B93 #E0C2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B97569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B97569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97569

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97569	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)

#847E68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958C68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.088 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09d94',
    500: '#b97569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97569;
$custom-light: #d09d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63154,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97569

secondary

#AFCACF

accent

#BBCC5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97569

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

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