#B18481#B18481

#B18481 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.056 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B18481
RGB	rgb(177, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(4, 24%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 27%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 27.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 16.84, 8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 18.81, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0515 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.056 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3457, 27.4362, 24.4619)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B18481 #81AEB1

analogous

#B18196 #B18481 #B19C81

triadic

#B18481 #81B184 #8481B1

tetradic

#B18481 #96B181 #81AEB1 #9C81B1

square

#B18481 #96B181 #81AEB1 #9C81B1

split-complementary

#B18481 #81B19C #8196B1

monochromatic

#714946 #97615E #B18481 #C8A9A7 #E0CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B18481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B18481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B18481

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B18481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B18481	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b18481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.056 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a8a5',
    500: '#b18481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b18481;
$custom-light: #c9a8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b18481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65619,
    "c": 0.05597,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B18481

secondary

#BECFD0

accent

#BAC068

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F8F4F4

border

#D1CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B18481

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

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