#B16356#B16356

#B16356 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.104 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16356
RGB	rgb(177, 99, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 30.06, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 36.79, 35.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.0892 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.104 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2746, 18.9451, 11.1806)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16356 #56A4B1

analogous

#B15677 #B16356 #B19156

triadic

#B16356 #56B163 #6356B1

tetradic

#B16356 #77B156 #56A4B1 #9156B1

square

#B16356 #77B156 #56A4B1 #9156B1

split-complementary

#B16356 #56B191 #5677B1

monochromatic

#60342C #8A4A40 #B16356 #C48A80 #D8B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B16356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B16356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16356

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16356	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#756F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 99, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.104 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9085',
    500: '#b16356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16356;
$custom-light: #cc9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58573,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16356

secondary

#9DC0C5

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16356

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

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