#B16150#B16150

#B16150 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.107 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16150
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 80)
HSL	hsl(11, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 54.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 30.61, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 38.89, 38.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0901 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.108 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8558, 18.4781, 9.8982)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16150 #50A0B1

analogous

#B15070 #B16150 #B19150

triadic

#B16150 #50B161 #6150B1

tetradic

#B16150 #70B150 #50A0B1 #9150B1

square

#B16150 #70B150 #50A0B1 #9150B1

split-complementary

#B16150 #50B191 #5070B1

monochromatic

#5D3329 #874A3C #B16150 #C4877A #D7ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B16150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B16150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16150

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16150	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.107 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8f81',
    500: '#b16150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16150;
$custom-light: #cc8f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.515,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58115,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16150

secondary

#99BCC4

accent

#BACE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16150

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

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