#B16459#B16459

#B16459 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.102 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16459
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 29.81, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 35.80, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.0888 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.102 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4934, 19.1851, 11.8624)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16459 #59A6B1

analogous

#B1597A #B16459 #B19059

triadic

#B16459 #59B164 #6459B1

tetradic

#B16459 #7AB159 #59A6B1 #9059B1

square

#B16459 #7AB159 #59A6B1 #9059B1

split-complementary

#B16459 #59B190 #597AB1

monochromatic

#62342E #8B4B41 #B16459 #C58B83 #D8B2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B16459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B16459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16459

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16459	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.102 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9188',
    500: '#b16459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16459;
$custom-light: #cc9188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58806,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16459

secondary

#A0C1C6

accent

#BECC5C

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16459

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →