#B36859#B36859

#B36859 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36859
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(10, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 28.42, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 35.59, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.0844 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.1 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3455, 20.2080, 12.0150)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36859 #59A4B3

analogous

#B35977 #B36859 #B39559

triadic

#B36859 #59B368 #6859B3

tetradic

#B36859 #77B359 #59A4B3 #9559B3

square

#B36859 #77B359 #59A4B3 #9559B3

split-complementary

#B36859 #59B395 #5977B3

monochromatic

#64372E #8E4E41 #B36859 #C68E83 #D9B4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B36859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B36859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36859

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36859	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9488',
    500: '#b36859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36859;
$custom-light: #cd9488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59757,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36859

secondary

#A0C1C7

accent

#BACD5B

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36859

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

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