#B16855#B16855

#B16855 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.099 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16855
RGB	rgb(177, 104, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 27.23, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 35.81, 40.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.0804 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.099 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7231, 19.9059, 11.1327)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16855 #559EB1

analogous

#B15570 #B16855 #B19655

triadic

#B16855 #55B168 #6855B1

tetradic

#B16855 #70B155 #559EB1 #9655B1

square

#B16855 #70B155 #559EB1 #9655B1

split-complementary

#B16855 #55B196 #5570B1

monochromatic

#60372C #8A4F3F #B16855 #C48D7F #D7B3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B16855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B16855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16855

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16855	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 104, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.099 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9485',
    500: '#b16855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16855;
$custom-light: #cc9485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.391,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59416,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16855

secondary

#9DBDC5

accent

#B5CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16855

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

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