#B26259#B26259

#B26259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.105 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26259
RGB	rgb(178, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 31.29, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 36.84, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0933 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.105 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5325, 18.9240, 11.8100)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26259 #59A9B2

analogous

#B2597D #B26259 #B28E59

triadic

#B26259 #59B262 #6259B2

tetradic

#B26259 #7DB259 #59A9B2 #8E59B2

square

#B26259 #7DB259 #59A9B2 #8E59B2

split-complementary

#B26259 #59B28E #597DB2

monochromatic

#63332E #8D4941 #B26259 #C58A83 #D9B1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B26259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B26259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26259

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26259	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.105 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9088',
    500: '#b26259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26259;
$custom-light: #cd9088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.067,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58602,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26259

secondary

#A0C3C7

accent

#C1CD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26259

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

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