#B97572#B97572

#B97572 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.086 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97572
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 114)
HSL	hsl(3, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 38.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 26.36, 12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 29.33, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0798 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.086 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4074, 24.2540, 19.0490)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97572 #72B6B9

analogous

#B97292 #B97572 #B99872

triadic

#B97572 #72B975 #7572B9

tetradic

#B97572 #92B972 #72B6B9 #9872B9

square

#B97572 #92B972 #72B6B9 #9872B9

split-complementary

#B97572 #72B998 #7292B9

monochromatic

#763D3B #9F524F #B97572 #CD9D9B #E2C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B97572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B97572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97572

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97572	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.086 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09d9a',
    500: '#b97572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97572;
$custom-light: #d09d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.535,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63367,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97572

secondary

#B5D0D1

accent

#C5CA5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97572

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

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