#B16149#B16149

#B16149 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.110 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16149
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 73)
HSL	hsl(14, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 30.03, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 40.98, 42.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.0873 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.11 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6105, 18.3800, 8.6063)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16149 #4999B1

analogous

#B14965 #B16149 #B19549

triadic

#B16149 #49B161 #6149B1

tetradic

#B16149 #65B149 #4999B1 #9549B1

square

#B16149 #65B149 #4999B1 #9549B1

split-complementary

#B16149 #49B195 #4965B1

monochromatic

#5A3225 #864937 #B16149 #C58572 #D7AB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B16149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B16149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16149

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16149	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.110 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8f7c',
    500: '#b16149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16149;
$custom-light: #cd8f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57988,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16149

secondary

#92B8C3

accent

#B5D156

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16149

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

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