#B99397#B99397

#B99397 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.046 H 11.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99397
RGB	rgb(185, 147, 151)
HSL	hsl(354, 21%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(354, 21%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 14.88, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 15.25, 12.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0452 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.046 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0273, 33.4175, 33.8246)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99397 #93B9B5

analogous

#B993AA #B99397 #B9A293

triadic

#B99397 #97B993 #9397B9

tetradic

#B99397 #AAB993 #93B9B5 #A293B9

square

#B99397 #AAB993 #93B9B5 #A293B9

split-complementary

#B99397 #93B9A2 #93AAB9

monochromatic

#7F5257 #A16E73 #B99397 #D1B8BB #E9DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B99397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B99397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99397

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99397	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 147, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.046 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb2b5',
    500: '#b99397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99397;
$custom-light: #ceb2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 21.348,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.04605,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99397

secondary

#CDDAD9

accent

#A09646

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99397

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

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