#B16655#B16655

#B16655 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.101 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16655
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 85)
HSL	hsl(11, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 28.33, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 36.28, 38.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0838 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.101 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5241, 19.5081, 11.0664)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16655 #55A0B1

analogous

#B15572 #B16655 #B19455

triadic

#B16655 #55B166 #6655B1

tetradic

#B16655 #72B155 #55A0B1 #9455B1

square

#B16655 #72B155 #55A0B1 #9455B1

split-complementary

#B16655 #55B194 #5572B1

monochromatic

#60352C #8A4D3F #B16655 #C48C7F #D7B2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B16655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B16655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16655

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16655	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.101 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9285',
    500: '#b16655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16655;
$custom-light: #cc9285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.087,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59067,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16655

secondary

#9DBEC5

accent

#B8CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16655

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

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