#B16248#B16248

#B16248 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.110 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16248
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 72)
HSL	hsl(15, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 29.41, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 41.10, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.0852 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.11 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6706, 18.5528, 8.4641)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16248 #4897B1

analogous

#B14863 #B16248 #B19748

triadic

#B16248 #48B162 #6248B1

tetradic

#B16248 #63B148 #4897B1 #9748B1

square

#B16248 #63B148 #4897B1 #9748B1

split-complementary

#B16248 #48B197 #4863B1

monochromatic

#5A3225 #854A36 #B16248 #C58671 #D7AB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B16248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B16248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16248

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16248	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)

#766D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.110 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd907b',
    500: '#b16248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16248;
$custom-light: #cd907b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.857,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5814,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16248

secondary

#91B7C3

accent

#B3D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16248

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

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