#B16656#B16656

#B16656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.100 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16656
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(11, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 28.42, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 36.00, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0842 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.1 33)
XYZ	xyz(24.5641, 19.5241, 11.2771)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16656 #56A1B1

analogous

#B15674 #B16656 #B19456

triadic

#B16656 #56B166 #6656B1

tetradic

#B16656 #74B156 #56A1B1 #9456B1

square

#B16656 #74B156 #56A1B1 #9456B1

split-complementary

#B16656 #56B194 #5674B1

monochromatic

#60362C #8A4D40 #B16656 #C48C80 #D8B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B16656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B16656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16656

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16656	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)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.100 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9285',
    500: '#b16656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16656;
$custom-light: #cc9285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.549,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59087,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.19522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16656

secondary

#9DBEC5

accent

#B9CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16656

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

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