#B15656#B15656

#B15656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.119 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15656
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 36.99, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 40.92, 25.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1107 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.119 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1406, 16.6771, 10.8026)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15656 #56B1B1

analogous

#B15684 #B15656 #B18456

triadic

#B15656 #56B156 #5656B1

tetradic

#B15656 #84B156 #56B1B1 #8456B1

square

#B15656 #84B156 #56B1B1 #8456B1

split-complementary

#B15656 #56B184 #5684B1

monochromatic

#602C2C #8A4040 #B15656 #C48080 #D8AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B15656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B15656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15656

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15656	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.119 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8885',
    500: '#b15656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15656;
$custom-light: #cc8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56462,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15656

secondary

#9DC5C5

accent

#CDCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15656

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

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