#B16B59#B16B59

#B16B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B59
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(12, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 25.95, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 33.99, 40.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.077 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.094 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1938, 20.5860, 12.0959)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B59 #599FB1

analogous

#B15973 #B16B59 #B19759

triadic

#B16B59 #59B16B #6B59B1

tetradic

#B16B59 #73B159 #599FB1 #9759B1

square

#B16B59 #73B159 #599FB1 #9759B1

split-complementary

#B16B59 #59B197 #5973B1

monochromatic

#62382E #8B5141 #B16B59 #C59083 #D8B5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B16B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B16B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B59

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B59	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9688',
    500: '#b16b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b59;
$custom-light: #cb9688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60025,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B59

secondary

#A0BEC6

accent

#B5CC5C

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B59

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

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