#B16357#B16357

#B16357 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.103 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16357
RGB	rgb(177, 99, 87)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 30.16, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 36.55, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0896 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.103 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3152, 18.9613, 11.3943)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16357 #57A5B1

analogous

#B15778 #B16357 #B19057

triadic

#B16357 #57B163 #6357B1

tetradic

#B16357 #78B157 #57A5B1 #9057B1

square

#B16357 #78B157 #57A5B1 #9057B1

split-complementary

#B16357 #57B190 #5778B1

monochromatic

#61342D #8A4A40 #B16357 #C48A81 #D8B1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B16357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B16357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16357

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16357	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)

#756F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 99, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.103 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9086',
    500: '#b16357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16357;
$custom-light: #cc9086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58594,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16357

secondary

#9EC0C6

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16357

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

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