#B16259#B16259

#B16259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.104 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16259
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 30.89, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 36.39, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0921 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.104 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3039, 18.8061, 11.7992)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16259 #59A8B1

analogous

#B1597C #B16259 #B18E59

triadic

#B16259 #59B162 #6259B1

tetradic

#B16259 #7CB159 #59A8B1 #8E59B1

square

#B16259 #7CB159 #59A8B1 #8E59B1

split-complementary

#B16259 #59B18E #597CB1

monochromatic

#62332E #8B4941 #B16259 #C58983 #D8B1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B16259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B16259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16259

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16259	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.104 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9088',
    500: '#b16259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16259;
$custom-light: #cc9088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.136,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58467,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16259

secondary

#A0C2C6

accent

#C1CC5C

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16259

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

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