#B26559#B26559

#B26559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.102 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B26559
RGB	rgb(178, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 29.66, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 35.96, 34.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0883 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.102 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8185, 19.4960, 11.9053)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B26559 #59A6B2

analogous

#B25979 #B26559 #B29259

triadic

#B26559 #59B265 #6559B2

tetradic

#B26559 #79B259 #59A6B2 #9259B2

square

#B26559 #79B259 #59A6B2 #9259B2

split-complementary

#B26559 #59B292 #5979B2

monochromatic

#63352E #8D4B41 #B26559 #C58C83 #D9B3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B26559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B26559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B26559

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B26559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B26559	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b26559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.102 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9288',
    500: '#b26559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b26559;
$custom-light: #cc9288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b26559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.09,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5911,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B26559

secondary

#A0C2C7

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B26559

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

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