#B16253#B16253

#B16253 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.105 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16253
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 83)
HSL	hsl(10, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 30.33, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 37.82, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0897 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.106 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0621, 18.7094, 10.5260)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16253 #53A2B1

analogous

#B15373 #B16253 #B19153

triadic

#B16253 #53B162 #6253B1

tetradic

#B16253 #73B153 #53A2B1 #9153B1

square

#B16253 #73B153 #53A2B1 #9153B1

split-complementary

#B16253 #53B191 #5373B1

monochromatic

#5F332B #894A3E #B16253 #C4887D #D7AFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B16253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B16253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16253

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16253	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.105 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9083',
    500: '#b16253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16253;
$custom-light: #cc9083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.574,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58343,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16253

secondary

#9BBEC5

accent

#BBCE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16253

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

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