#B36459#B36459

#B36459 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.104 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36459
RGB	rgb(179, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 30.60, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 36.69, 33.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0911 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.104 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9524, 19.4217, 11.8839)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36459 #59A8B3

analogous

#B3597B #B36459 #B39159

triadic

#B36459 #59B364 #6459B3

tetradic

#B36459 #7BB359 #59A8B3 #9159B3

square

#B36459 #7BB359 #59A8B3 #9159B3

split-complementary

#B36459 #59B391 #597BB3

monochromatic

#64342E #8E4A41 #B36459 #C68B83 #D9B2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B36459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B36459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36459

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36459	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.104 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9188',
    500: '#b36459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36459;
$custom-light: #cd9188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59073,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36459

secondary

#A0C3C7

accent

#BFCD5B

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36459

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

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