#B26255#B26255

#B26255 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.106 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26255
RGB	rgb(178, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 30.91, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 37.76, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.0916 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.106 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3691, 18.8587, 10.9493)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26255 #55A5B2

analogous

#B25577 #B26255 #B29155

triadic

#B26255 #55B262 #6255B2

tetradic

#B26255 #77B255 #55A5B2 #9155B2

square

#B26255 #77B255 #55A5B2 #9155B2

split-complementary

#B26255 #55B291 #5577B2

monochromatic

#61332C #8B4A3F #B26255 #C5897F #D8B0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B26255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B26255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26255

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26255	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.106 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9085',
    500: '#b26255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26255;
$custom-light: #cd9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.387,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58518,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26255

secondary

#9DC0C6

accent

#BDCE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26255

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

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