#B16562#B16562

#B16562 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.099 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16562
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 98)
HSL	hsl(2, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 44.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 30.19, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 33.75, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0908 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.099 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9912, 19.5386, 14.0080)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16562 #62AEB1

analogous

#B16287 #B16562 #B18D62

triadic

#B16562 #62B165 #6562B1

tetradic

#B16562 #87B162 #62AEB1 #8D62B1

square

#B16562 #87B162 #62AEB1 #8D62B1

split-complementary

#B16562 #62B18D #6287B1

monochromatic

#663533 #8F4A47 #B16562 #C58D8B #DAB5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B16562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B16562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16562

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16562	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.099 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb928e',
    500: '#b16562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16562;
$custom-light: #cb928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.278,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59179,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16562

secondary

#A7C7C8

accent

#C6CA5E

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#827E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16562

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

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