#B16262#B16262

#B16262 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.102 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16262
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 98)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 44.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 31.82, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 34.83, 24.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0958 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.102 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7052, 18.9666, 13.9127)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16262 #62B1B1

analogous

#B1628A #B16262 #B18A62

triadic

#B16262 #62B162 #6262B1

tetradic

#B16262 #8AB162 #62B1B1 #8A62B1

square

#B16262 #8AB162 #62B1B1 #8A62B1

split-complementary

#B16262 #62B18A #628AB1

monochromatic

#663333 #8F4747 #B16262 #C58B8B #DAB4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B16262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B16262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16262

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16262	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.102 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb908e',
    500: '#b16262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16262;
$custom-light: #cb908e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58673,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16262

secondary

#A7C8C8

accent

#CACA5E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16262

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

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