#B16254#B16254

#B16254 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.105 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16254
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 84)
HSL	hsl(9, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 52.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 30.42, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 37.56, 35.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0901 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.105 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1010, 18.7250, 10.7308)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16254 #54A3B1

analogous

#B15474 #B16254 #B19054

triadic

#B16254 #54B162 #6254B1

tetradic

#B16254 #74B154 #54A3B1 #9054B1

square

#B16254 #74B154 #54A3B1 #9054B1

split-complementary

#B16254 #54B190 #5474B1

monochromatic

#5F332B #894A3F #B16254 #C4897E #D7AFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B16254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B16254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16254

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16254	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)

#756E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.105 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9084',
    500: '#b16254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16254;
$custom-light: #cc9084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.032,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58363,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16254

secondary

#9CBFC5

accent

#BCCD5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16254

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

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