#B36259#B36259

#B36259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.106 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36259
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 31.68, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 37.28, 31.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.0944 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.106 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7629, 19.0428, 11.8208)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36259 #59AAB3

analogous

#B3597D #B36259 #B38F59

triadic

#B36259 #59B362 #6259B3

tetradic

#B36259 #7DB359 #59AAB3 #8F59B3

square

#B36259 #7DB359 #59AAB3 #8F59B3

split-complementary

#B36259 #59B38F #597DB3

monochromatic

#64332E #8E4941 #B36259 #C68A83 #D9B1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B36259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B36259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36259

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36259	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.106 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9088',
    500: '#b36259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36259;
$custom-light: #cd9088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58737,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36259

secondary

#A0C4C7

accent

#C2CD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36259

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

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