#B16255#B16255

#B16255 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.105 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16255
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 30.51, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 37.31, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0905 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.105 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1405, 18.7407, 10.9386)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16255 #55A4B1

analogous

#B15576 #B16255 #B19055

triadic

#B16255 #55B162 #6255B1

tetradic

#B16255 #76B155 #55A4B1 #9055B1

square

#B16255 #76B155 #55A4B1 #9055B1

split-complementary

#B16255 #55B190 #5576B1

monochromatic

#60332C #8A4A3F #B16255 #C4897F #D7AFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B16255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B16255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16255

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16255	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.105 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9085',
    500: '#b16255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16255;
$custom-light: #cc9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.478,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58383,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16255

secondary

#9DBFC5

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16255

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

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