#B36656#B36656

#B36656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.103 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36656
RGB	rgb(179, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(10, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 29.23, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 36.89, 37.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.0865 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.103 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0231, 19.7608, 11.2987)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36656 #56A3B3

analogous

#B35675 #B36656 #B39556

triadic

#B36656 #56B366 #6656B3

tetradic

#B36656 #75B356 #56A3B3 #9556B3

square

#B36656 #75B356 #56A3B3 #9556B3

split-complementary

#B36656 #56B395 #5675B3

monochromatic

#62362C #8D4D3F #B36656 #C68C80 #D9B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B36656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B36656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36656

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36656	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)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.103 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9385',
    500: '#b36656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36656;
$custom-light: #cd9385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.323,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59352,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36656

secondary

#9EC0C7

accent

#BACE5A

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36656

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →