#B16151#B16151

#B16151 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.107 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16151
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 81)
HSL	hsl(10, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 30.69, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 38.61, 37.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.0905 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.107 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8930, 18.4930, 10.0942)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16151 #51A1B1

analogous

#B15171 #B16151 #B19151

triadic

#B16151 #51B161 #6151B1

tetradic

#B16151 #71B151 #51A1B1 #9151B1

square

#B16151 #71B151 #51A1B1 #9151B1

split-complementary

#B16151 #51B191 #5171B1

monochromatic

#5E332A #88493D #B16151 #C4877B #D7AEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B16151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B16151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16151

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16151	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)

#746D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.107 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8f82',
    500: '#b16151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16151;
$custom-light: #cc8f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58135,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16151

secondary

#9ABDC4

accent

#BBCE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16151

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

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