#B97579#B97579

#B97579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.086 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97579
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(356, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 34.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 27.23, 9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 28.69, 18.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0826 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.086 16)
XYZ	xyz(29.8212, 24.4196, 21.2282)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97579 #75B9B5

analogous

#B9759B #B97579 #B99375

triadic

#B97579 #79B975 #7579B9

tetradic

#B97579 #9BB975 #75B9B5 #9375B9

square

#B97579 #9BB975 #75B9B5 #9375B9

split-complementary

#B97579 #75B993 #759BB9

monochromatic

#773C40 #A05156 #B97579 #CE9EA0 #E2C6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B97579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B97579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97579

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97579	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.086 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09d9f',
    500: '#b97579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97579;
$custom-light: #d09d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.08591,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.24417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97579

secondary

#B8D2D1

accent

#C9C35F

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97579

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

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