#B9787E#B9787E

#B9787E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9787E
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(354, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 31.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 26.23, 7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 27.23, 15.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0796 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.082 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4909, 25.2557, 23.0035)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9787E #78B9B3

analogous

#B9789E #B9787E #B99378

triadic

#B9787E #7EB978 #787EB9

tetradic

#B9787E #9EB978 #78B9B3 #9378B9

square

#B9787E #9EB978 #78B9B3 #9378B9

split-complementary

#B9787E #78B993 #789EB9

monochromatic

#783E44 #A1535A #B9787E #CEA0A5 #E3C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B9787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B9787E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9787E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9787E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09fa3',
    500: '#b9787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9787e;
$custom-light: #d09fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.462,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64215,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9787E

secondary

#BAD3D1

accent

#C8BE60

background

#FCF9FA

surface

#F9F2F3

border

#D2CCCD

text

#140E0F

muted

#827E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9787E

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

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