#B16156#B16156

#B16156 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.106 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16156
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 31.15, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 37.36, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0926 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.106 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0875, 18.5708, 11.1183)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16156 #56A6B1

analogous

#B15679 #B16156 #B18F56

triadic

#B16156 #56B161 #6156B1

tetradic

#B16156 #79B156 #56A6B1 #8F56B1

square

#B16156 #79B156 #56A6B1 #8F56B1

split-complementary

#B16156 #56B18F #5679B1

monochromatic

#60332C #8A4940 #B16156 #C48880 #D8AFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B16156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B16156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16156

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16156	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.106 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8f85',
    500: '#b16156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16156;
$custom-light: #cc8f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.253,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16156

secondary

#9DC1C5

accent

#BFCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16156

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

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