#B9797D#B9797D

#B9797D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.080 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9797D
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(356, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 32.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 25.54, 8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 26.82, 17.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.0775 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.08 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5476, 25.4718, 22.7057)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9797D #79B9B5

analogous

#B9799D #B9797D #B99579

triadic

#B9797D #7DB979 #797DB9

tetradic

#B9797D #9DB979 #79B9B5 #9579B9

square

#B9797D #9DB979 #79B9B5 #9579B9

split-complementary

#B9797D #79B995 #799DB9

monochromatic

#793F43 #A15459 #B9797D #CEA1A4 #E3C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B9797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B9797D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9797D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9797D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.080 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a0a2',
    500: '#b9797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9797d;
$custom-light: #d0a0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64367,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9797D

secondary

#BBD3D2

accent

#C8C160

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F9F2F2

border

#D2CCCC

text

#140F0F

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9797D

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

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