#B36561#B36561

#B36561 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.101 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36561
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(3, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 45.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 30.86, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 34.79, 27.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.0927 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.101 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4032, 19.7565, 13.7825)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36561 #61AFB3

analogous

#B36186 #B36561 #B38E61

triadic

#B36561 #61B365 #6561B3

tetradic

#B36561 #86B361 #61AFB3 #8E61B3

square

#B36561 #86B361 #61AFB3 #8E61B3

split-complementary

#B36561 #61B38E #6186B3

monochromatic

#683532 #914946 #B36561 #C78D8A #DBB6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B36561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B36561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36561

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36561	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.101 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd928d',
    500: '#b36561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36561;
$custom-light: #cd928d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36561

secondary

#A6C8C9

accent

#C6CB5D

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36561

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

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